Legal Opinion

Greeley v. Provident Savings Bank

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided April 15, 1889PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. W. Lubke, Judge. Under the facts and the law of this case, the collector of taxes of St. Louis was entitled to the order prayed for, directing the receiver of the Provident Savings Bank, to pay the tax bill for 1886. R. S. 1879, secs. 6716, 6751, 6754; Laws of 1881, p. 180; State v. Roiose, 49 Mo. 586; Trust Go. v. Railroad, 117 U. S. 434; Trust Go. v. Railroad, 13 Cent.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Geo. W. Lubke, Judge. Under the facts and the law of this case, the collector of taxes of St. Louis was entitled to the order prayed for, directing the receiver of the Provident Savings Bank, to pay the tax bill for 1886. R. S. 1879, secs. 6716, 6751, 6754; Laws of 1881, p. 180; State v. Roiose, 49 Mo. 586; Trust Go. v. Railroad, 117 U. S. 434; Trust Go. v. Railroad, 13 Cent. Rep. 404. (1) The demand of the collector was for personal taxes (not taxes on real estate, as to which different rules apply) and therefore is subject to the general…

1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.

— In an action in the St. Louis circuit court, wherein Carlos S. G-reeley is plaintiff and the Provident Savings Bank et at. are defendants, respondent W. H. Thompson was appointed receiver of the assets and property of said bank. On the fifth of January, 1887, the appellant, collector of taxes, intervened in said cause by petition, setting forth that he held a tax bill for the year 1886, against the personal property of the Provident Savings Bank amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $2,918.22, and praying the court to make an order requiring the receiver to *pay the same. On the seventh…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State ex rel. Phillips v. RowseSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1915
  2. Coy v. Title Guarantee & Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
  3. State v. Central Trust Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
  4. Northern Finance Corporation v. ByrnesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
  5. Taylor v. Sutherlin-Meade Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908

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