Metropolitan Paving Co. v. Girard Investment Co.

This is a suit on a special taxbill of a series issued by the city of St. Joseph for the paving of- Penn street between Sixteenth and Twenty-sixth *662streets. A trial without the aid of a jury resulted in a judgment for plaintiff, the owner of the taxbill, and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant.

The proceedings for the paving of the street were inaugurated at a meeting of the Board of Public Works held on July 12, 1912, and resulted in the preparation and submission to the Council of an ordinance for paving the street with an asphaltic concrete pavement in accordance with plans and…