City Trust Co. v. Crockett

The plaintiff sued, as assignee of a tax bill issued by the city of Caruthersville, a city of the third class, for certain improvements made on a part of Ward Avenue. The tax bill was issued May 4, 1918, for $457.59, bore interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, and was payable in five annual installments.

Upon the request of defendant, the cause was submitted to a jury, and there was a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $423.47, and both parties have appealed.

The defendant, by objection duly made, challenged the sufficiency of the petition, and urges that it is insufficient. The…