Perkins v. Baer
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Now. J. N. Slover, Judge. (1) The petition is multifarious and the court erred in overruling the demurrer thereto. Mayberry v. McClurg, 51 Mo. 256; Clark v. Ins. Co., 52 Mo. 272 ; Gaines v. Chew, 2 How. (U. S.) 619; Harrison v. Hogg, 2 Yes. Jr. 323; Pope v.- Leonard, 115 Mass. 286; Mullen v. Hewitt, 103 Mo. 639; May v. Hazlett, 6 Pliila. 155; Emaus v. Emaus, 13 N. J. Eq.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Now. J. N. Slover, Judge. (1) The petition is multifarious and the court erred in overruling the demurrer thereto. Mayberry v. McClurg, 51 Mo. 256; Clark v. Ins. Co., 52 Mo. 272 ; Gaines v. Chew, 2 How. (U. S.) 619; Harrison v. Hogg, 2 Yes. Jr. 323; Pope v.- Leonard, 115 Mass. 286; Mullen v. Hewitt, 103 Mo. 639; May v. Hazlett, 6 Pliila. 155; Emaus v. Emaus, 13 N. J. Eq. (2 Beasl.) 205. (2) The mere fact that all the taxhills described in the petition were issued under the special sewer law of 1893, does not purge the petition of the vice of…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, J.
This action is to remove a cloud cast upon plaintiff’s title to certain real estate, situate in the city of Westport, Missouri, consisting of three separate tracts or parcels. It is alleged as to the defendants, Cotter, McDonnell & Co., that an ordinance of said city (No. 1291) approved February 27, 1895, provided for the building of sewers in sewer districts Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 1.3, and that in pursuance of said ordinance the said city afterwards, on March 25, 1895, entered into a contract with said Cotter, McDonnell & Co. for the construction of said sewers ; and that…
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