City of Jackson ex rel. Hoffmeister v. LaChance

WOLFE, Judge.

This is an action on a special tax bill for a street improvement. The plaintiffs sought to impose a tax on the whole of a lot in the City of Jackson, Missouri. Defendant LaChance claimed that he owned only a part of the lot, and defendant Reiminger made a like answer. The Jackson Savings and Loan Association asserted that their mortgage was only on the part owned by LaChance. LaChance claimed that he had paid the amount that he owed for the street improvement. The plaintiffs asserted by reply that LaChance and Reiminger had conspired to defraud them by transferring part of the…