Meter v. Rosenblatt

This is a proceeding commenced in the circuit court of St. Louis to restrain defendant, as collector of the city, from selling plaintiff’s personal property for taxes assessed against him. The allegations in the petition are, that plaintiff never owned the property on which the taxes were levied, and that the valuation of the property was excessive, that he never delivered to the assessor a list of his property, consisting of household furniture only, believing it to be exempt from taxation. At the trial the circuit court held that the petition stated no case for the relief demanded,…