Fort Osage Drainage District of Jackson County v. Foley

STORCKMAN, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff drainage district sued the defendant landowner in the Circuit Court of Jackson County to recover maintenance taxes levied by the district against the lands of the defendant within the district. Two suits were filed, one for the annual maintenance tax levied for the year 1949, and the other for the 1950 tax. The actions were consolidated for trial and disposition. The plaintiff recovered judgment against the defendant in the aggregate sum of $1,544.19. The recovery was declared a lien upon the respective lands of the defendant against which the benefits…