J. A. Bruening Co. v. Liberty Landing Levee District

DONNELLY, Judge.

On January 5, 1970, the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, entered its Decree of Incorporation (under the provisions of V.A.M.S. §§ 245.010-245.280) declaring certain lands, a portion of which are owned by appellant, a part of a Levee District, to be known as “Liberty Landing Levee District.”

The question presented is whether notice by publication in a newspaper (under the provisions of V.A.M.S. § 245.020) is constitutionally sufficient in this case under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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