State ex rel. Hahn v. Westport
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. (1) The tax bills in controversy, held by August Hahn, are void if the case of the City of Westport ex rel. v. Mastín, 62 Mo. App. 647, correctly states the law. If they are void, of course the city should be compelled to issue new ones, in accordance with law. If they are not void, of course the city has done its duty and the judgment should be affirmed.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. (1) The tax bills in controversy, held by August Hahn, are void if the case of the City of Westport ex rel. v. Mastín, 62 Mo. App. 647, correctly states the law. If they are void, of course the city should be compelled to issue new ones, in accordance with law. If they are not void, of course the city has done its duty and the judgment should be affirmed. The rela-tors would prefer having the old tax bills held valid, because if new ones are issued it may involve a loss of interest.. (2) The question raised by this proceeding is one purely between the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
This is a proceeding by mandamus instituted at the relation of August Hahn and John C. Fielding and directed against the city, the mayor, board of aldermen, and engineer of the city of West-port as defendants, to compel the issuance of certain tax bills against certain tracts of land in said city for the- amount chargeable against them to pay for the grading of Thirty-ninth and McGlee streets in said city.
The work of grading the streets was completed in 1893, and tax bills were then issued and delivered to the contractor Fielding, one of the relators herein, to pay the price of the work which…
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- Ex parte HaymondCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
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