Koch v. Norton

We adopt the statement of appellants, defendants below, making some additions thereto:

This is a suit to enforce the lien of a special tax hill issued by the city of Joplin, a city of the second class, for the paving of Fourth Street from the alley West of Gray Avenue to Shiiferdecker Avenue. The amount of the bill is thirty-one hundred eighty-seven and 21/100 dollars ($3187.21), with interest at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum from Deéember 27, 1917. The judgment was for plaintiff and defendants appeal.

The petition is in the usual form. The answer alleges that there was no legal…