Parker-Washington Company v. Dodd

This is a suit on two special tax bills for assessments levied respectively against a part of lot 46 and a part of lot 47, in City Block 1387, in the city of St. Louis, for the improvement of Gravois Avenue. The tax bills were issued September 25, 1903. At that time John R. Tiffany, as trustee for Ellen Louise Tiffany Dodd, held the dry legal title to the lots, but his cestui que trust was the owner of the equitable title in fee simple. The title so remained until 1905. Subsequently the property was acquired, first, by the Rich Construction Company, then by the Rich Realty & Investment…