Meier v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Jesse A.-McDonald, Judge. (1) Special assessments for local improvements are made under the taxing power.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Jesse A.-McDonald, Judge. (1) Special assessments for local improvements are made under the taxing power. Garrett v. St. Louis, 25 Mo. 508; Hernán v. Allen, 156 Mo. 513; s. c., 181 U. S. 102; Hernán v. Schulte, 166 Mo. 109, 189 U. S. 507; Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. French, 158 Mo. 515, (same case as French v. B. A. P. Co., 181 U. S. 321); Moberly v. Hogan, 131 Mo. 23; Wright v. Davidson, 181 U. S. 379; Fallbrook, etc., Co. v. Bradley, 161 H. S. 176; Pittsburg v. Sterrett Subdistrict School, 201 Penn. 636, 61 L. E. A. 183. Special assessment…
1Opinion of the Court
GANTT, J. — This
is a suit in equity to cancel two special taxbills made out, certified and registered by the president of the Board of Public Improvements and the Comptroller of the city St. Louis, and at the time of the bringing of this suit ready for delivery to the contractor in payment for tbe improvements of Texas avenue in the city of St. Louis between Miami and Potomac streets. Tbe plaintiff is the owner of the property against which an assessment was made for a proportionate part of the cost; tbe defendant Henry Ruck.ert is the contractor who did tbe work. The cause was heard upon an…
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