City of Springfield ex rel. McEvilly v. Knott

The plaintiff, who is the assignee of a special tax bill, issued to his assignor by the city of Springfield for work done in curbing and guttering a public street of said city in front of defendant’s property, recovered a special lien judgment in this proceeding against said property. The defendant, appealing, assigns for error that the court admitted incompetent evidence; that the evidence- introduced fails to show a right of recovery in the plaintiff, and hence, the judgment is not warranted by the evidence ; and that the court erred in its declarations of law.

It was admitted upon the trial…