Cole v. Skrainka

This is a proceeding in equity seeking to cancel' a special tax bill, issued by the city of St. Louis, to the defendant contractor in full payment of the work done and materials furnished by him in reconstructing a street upon which plaintiffs’ property abuts. The tax bill under the charter is a prima facie lien on the property. The contract under which the work was done included the taking up and removing of the old pavement, the preparing with concrete and hydraulic cement of the roadway, the renewing and re-adjusting of the curbing, and the paving of the roadway with granite blocks laid on…