Neil v. Ridge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B. Teasdale, Judge. (1) It was error not to assess a portion of the cost of the work of constructing the sewers in question against the land of the Kansas City Belt Railway Company lying within the sewer district.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. W. B. Teasdale, Judge. (1) It was error not to assess a portion of the cost of the work of constructing the sewers in question against the land of the Kansas City Belt Railway Company lying within the sewer district. Heman Construction Co. v. Railroad, 206 Mo. 172. (2) The above constituted a failure of the board of public works to make an apportionment of the cost of the work as required by the charter of Kansas City, and the taxbills are therefore void. Sec. 10, art. IX, charter of Kansas City; Dollar Savings Bank v. Ridge, 62 Mo. App. 324; Menefee…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This cause is now presented. to this court by appeal upon the part of the defendants from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson county, in favor of the plaintiff upon certain taxbills issued for the work of constructing sewers in sewer district No. 61, in Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri. The bills aggregate $4,487.50.
The sufficiency of the petition upon these taxbills is not challenged, hence it is not essential that we burden this statement with a reproduction of it.
The answer of the defendants, which was filed on June 18, 1901, was, first, a general denial of the allegations in…
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