City of Laclede Ex Rel. Abell v. Libby

This is an action to enforce payment of a special tax bill assessed against certain lots in the city of Laclede, alleged to be the property of defendant.

The.facts of record are that Laclede is a city of the fourth class, in Linn county, Missouri, and that said city by its certain ordinance No. 201, established oil district No. 2, within the corporate limits of said city, for the purpose of having the streets of said district oiled and road oil, and providing for the oiling thereof, the cost to be assessed and levied as a special tax bill upon the several lots, tracts and parcels of land…