Gallaher v. Bartlett
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) No cause of action is stated. The work was to be done according to ordinance 1655 and is alleged to have been done according to another ordinance, 356, passed two years before. The several lots were not charged with their proportion of the work done on the south side, but with the work done in their immediate front. R. S. 1889, sec. 1406; Eyeman v. Hardy, 8 Mo. App. 312; Galbreath v. Newton, 30 Mo.
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Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Woodson, Judge. (1) No cause of action is stated. The work was to be done according to ordinance 1655 and is alleged to have been done according to another ordinance, 356, passed two years before. The several lots were not charged with their proportion of the work done on the south side, but with the work done in their immediate front. R. S. 1889, sec. 1406; Eyeman v. Hardy, 8 Mo. App. 312; Galbreath v. Newton, 30 Mo. App. 391; Riley v. Stewart, 50 Mo. App. 600; King Hill, etc., v. Hamilton, 51 Mo. App. 120. (2) When the contract was read…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
This is an action upon a special tax bill, commenced before a justice of the peace. The statement alleged that the city of St. Joseph, a municipal corporation existing under the laws of this state, by its' duly authorized officers and agents, issued and delivered to plaintiff, as contractor, a special tax bill, dated September 29, 1893, for the sum of $7.44, and that the contents of said tax bill were as follows :
‘ ‘1012. — Duplicate Special Tax Bill, for laying third-class sidewalks. City Engineer’s Office, St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 29, 1893. — Mrs. Lucy R. Lewis to J. P. Gallaher, Dr.: To…
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