Bates v. Comstock Realty Co.

This is a suit on two special tax bills issued and. delivered to the Carter Construction Company by the city of St. Louis, evidencing assessments made against property of defendant for the payment in part of the cost of construction of what is known as the Mill Creek Joint District Sewer.

The improvement was made, and tax bills issued to pay for it, pursuant to three ordinances approved July 3, 1914. The first established - a joint sewer district, to be known as “Mill Creek Joint Sewer District.” The second and third authorized and directed the Board of Public Improvements to let contracts for…