Rose v. City of St. Charles
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Charles Circuit Court. cited 11 Mo. 247; 30 Mo. 161; 21 Iowa, 565; 2 Oregon, 123; 31 Conn. 581; 7 Ga. 139 ; 2 Scam. 56 ; 10 Mo. 763 ; 37 Mo. 132, 600 ; 33 Conn. 180 ; Greenl. Ev., § 662 ; Waterm. N. T. 241-2.
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
The plaintiffs sued the city for grading and filling certain streets, by means of which the water was set back upon their lots, to their great damage, etc. The issues were submitted to a jury, who found for defendant, and the plaintiffs charge certain errors committed upon the trial:
1. After the jury was called, the plaintiffs moved for a special venire for jurors who owned property within the town of St. Charles, inasmuch as some of those called were residents and taxpayers of the town, and hence interested. The motion was overruled, but had it been made in season it should have been…
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