French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This was a suit instituted in the circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri, by the Barber ’Asphalt Paving Company, a corporation whose business it was to construct pavements com-. posed of asphalt, against Margaret French and others, owners of lots abutting on Forest avenue in Kansas City, for the purpose of enforcing the lien of a tax bill issued by that city in part payment of the cost of paving said avenue. ..
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This was a suit instituted in the circuit court of Jackson County, Missouri, by the Barber ’Asphalt Paving Company, a corporation whose business it was to construct pavements com-. posed of asphalt, against Margaret French and others, owners of lots abutting on Forest avenue in Kansas City, for the purpose of enforcing the lien of a tax bill issued by that city in part payment of the cost of paving said avenue. .. The work was done conformably to the requirements of the Kansas City charter, by the adoption of a resolution by the common…
1Opinion of the Court
• MR. Justice Shiras,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
In itb opinion in this case the Supreme Court of Missouri said that “the method adopted in the charter, and ordinance of Kansas City of charging the cost of paving Forest avenue against the adjoining lots according to their frontage had been répeat-edly authorized by the legislature of Missouri, and such laws had received the sanction of this court in many decisions. St. Louis v. Allen, 53 Mo. 44; St. Joseph v. Anthony, 30 Mo. 537; Neenan v. Smith, 50 Mo. 525; Kiley v. Cranor, 51 Mo. 541; Rutherford v. Hamilton,…
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