Steffen v. Fox

— Tbe action is one upon a special tax bill for constructing a granitoid sidewalk in front of tbe property of tbe defendants on che north•east corner of Eighth and Market streets in tbe city of *10St. Louis. The petition sets out the various ordinances of the city under which the work was done, the completion of the work and the issuance of the-special tax bill to the plaintiff.. The substantial defense made by the answer is-that the work done was illegal and void, because done-in contravention of an ordinance of the city providing-among other things:

“Hereafter no. sidewalk shall be constructed,…