Ritterskamp v. Stifel

This is an action in equity to cancel certain special tax bills, held by the defendants, against the plaintiffs’ property. The averments in the petition are substantially that, on March 20, 1891, the street commissioner of the city of St. Louis mailed to the plaintiffs a notice that the alley in the rear of their premises was out of repair in some places, and that, as soon as practicable after five days the city would cause the necessary *511repairs to be made; that after one year from tbe date of this notice tbe street commissioner, without further notice, ordered the defendants, who are…