McCoy v. Randall
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry L. McGune, Judge. (1) The Supreme Court has not jurisdiction of this suit and it should be referred to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs joined in the suit because they had a common interest in the questions of law involved and to avoid a multiplicity of suits and to save costs.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Henry L. McGune, Judge. (1) The Supreme Court has not jurisdiction of this suit and it should be referred to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The plaintiffs joined in the suit because they had a common interest in the questions of law involved and to avoid a multiplicity of suits and to save costs. And while the aggregate amount of the taxbills levied against their respective properties was in excess of forty-five hundred dollars, not one of the taxbills was equal to this sum. The aggregate amount should not be considered for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
This was an equitable proceeding begun in the circuit court of Jackson county for the purpose of enjoining defendants from prosecuting any suits to collect special taxbills issued against the respective lots or parcels of ground belonging to the plaintiffs by the city of Independence, a city of the third class, for' grading and paving West College avenue from the west line of Delaware street to the western limits of the city, a distance of about thirty-eight hundred feet; and for the purpose of having said taxbills declared illegal, null and void, and the cloud cast upon the title of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Market Co. v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Humphreys v. Atlantic Milling Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1889
- Huffman v. HuffmanSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. O'BrienMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Gartside v. GartsideSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- State ex rel. Union Electric Light & Power Co. v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Flinn v. GillenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
- City of Webb City v. AylorMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
- Brown-Scott v. DavisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1925
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