Phoenix Brick & Construction Co. v. Gentry County

WILLIAMÍS, C.-

Plaintiff seeks to recover from the defendant county the sum of $5728.94, the amount of a special tax bill for excavating, paving and curbing a portion of the public street surrounding the court house square in the city of Albany, Gentry county, Missouri. Albany is a city of the fourth class.

Defendant filed answer in the nature of a cross-bill. The answer, after setting forth general denial, sets up an affirmative defense praying that the court decree said tax bill to be void and that the same be cancelled. The allegations in the answer in support of the prayer for affirmative…