Hill v. City of St. Louis

This was a petition for an injunction, restraining the collection of taxes by the city of St. Louis for the year 1850, which had been assessed upon certain property of the petitioner.

The points relied on for the granting of the injunction were the same that were shown in the case of Benoist et al., v. The City of St. Louis, reported in 19 Mo. Rep. 179. The city filed her answer, and the case was continued from time to time until at the November term, 1853, it was, on the motion of the petitioner, by her counsel, dismissed. The order of dismissal was on the 21st day of February, 1854, still…