City of Sedalia ex rel. Sedalia National Bank v. Donohue
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. F. Longan, Judge. (1) Tlie contractors having invested their money and labor and the Sedalia National Bank, the present owner of the taxbills in suit, having bought the same on the faith of the case of Nevada to use v. Morris, 43 Mo.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. F. Longan, Judge. (1) Tlie contractors having invested their money and labor and the Sedalia National Bank, the present owner of the taxbills in suit, having bought the same on the faith of the case of Nevada to use v. Morris, 43 Mo. App. 586, which construed the statutes in question, the court under the doctrine of stare decisis must hold these particular bills valid, even though it upholds the defendant’s contention that an ordinance assessing the special tax was necessary after the acceptance of the work. Railroad v. Fowler, 142 Mo. 687; Long…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
This is an action on a special taxbill for $41.35, being one-third' of the total sum assessed against the defendant’s lot for the improvement of Main street between Moniteau and Washington avenues in Sedalia. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, the court directed a verdict for the defendant, and judgment was entered upon the verdict, and thereupon the plaintiff appealed.
The petition alleges that the city of Sedalia is a city of the third class; that the Sedalia National Bank is a national bank organized under the laws of the United States; that on the 7th of August, 1893, the city of…
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