State ex rel. Bates v. Mackin

— This is a suit on taxbills representing assessments made by Levee District No. 3 of Ray county, Missouri, on lands of defendant within said district. The case was tried before the court without a jury, and judgment was for defendant, no findings of fact or declarations of law being asked or given. Plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court, but, as the case involved no construction of the revenue laws of the State within the meaning of the phrase used by the Constitution in fixing appellate jurisdiction, that tribunal transferred it to us.

Levee District No. 3 was incorporated in the county…