State ex rel. Ward v. Linney
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Ho». P. G. Stepp, Judge. The court erred in admitting extrinsic evidence to cure defective description in the assessment and back taxbill. An accurate description of land is necessary to a valid assessment of a tax thereon.
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Appeal from Grundy Circuit Court. — Ho». P. G. Stepp, Judge. The court erred in admitting extrinsic evidence to cure defective description in the assessment and back taxbill. An accurate description of land is necessary to a valid assessment of a tax thereon. State ex rel. v. Burrough, 174 Mo. 700'; State ex rel. v. Railroad, 114 Mo. 1; State ex rel. v. Mission Free School, 162 Mo. 332; State ex rel. v. Thompson, 149 Mo. 441; State ex rel. v. Sanford, 127 Mo. 372; Western v. Flannigan, 120 Mo. 61; City of Jefferson v. Whipple, 71 Mo. 520; Abbott v. Lindenbower, 42 Mo. 162; sec. 7555, R. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Grundy county, enforcing the lien of the city for taxes due and owing on certain real estate belonging to the appellant in the city of Trenton, in Grundy county. The taxes were for the years 1898 and 1899. The petition describes the land, as lying and situated in the city of Trenton, county of Grundy, State of Missouri, to-wit: “a part of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 17, township 61, range 24, being within the following metes and bounds, to-wit: commencing 22 rods south of the northwest comer of the…
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