Fellows v. Dorsey
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) The petition fails to state a cause of action for the reason that it fails to allege all of the necessary conditions precedent to a valid special assessment. Irvin v. Devors, 65 Mo. 625; St. Louis v. Rankin, 96 Mo. 497; Joplin v. Hollingshead, 123 Mo. App. 602. (2) The tax bill is void because the preliminary resolution failed to describe or specify the gutter work. City of Bacon, 144 Mo.
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Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Hon. D. H. Harris, Judge. (1) The petition fails to state a cause of action for the reason that it fails to allege all of the necessary conditions precedent to a valid special assessment. Irvin v. Devors, 65 Mo. 625; St. Louis v. Rankin, 96 Mo. 497; Joplin v. Hollingshead, 123 Mo. App. 602. (2) The tax bill is void because the preliminary resolution failed to describe or specify the gutter work. City of Bacon, 144 Mo. App. 476 ; Coulter v. Const. Co., 131 Mo. App'. 230; Barber v. O’Brien, 128 Mo. App. 267; Kansas City v. Asken, 105 Mo. App. 84; Kirks-ville…
1Opinion of the CourtBroaddus, P. J.
This is a suit to enforce the collection of a special tax bill issued to the contractor J. N. Fellows, for grading and macadamizing Anthony street in the city of Columbia, a city of the third class. The petition contains allegations to the effect that on the 15th day of June, 1908, the city council adopted a resolution declaring the necessity for the work; that due publication of the resolution was made; that the council duly passed an ordinance for the grading and macadamizing of the street; that, in pursuance of the *294said ordinance, plaintiff entered into a contract on the 8th of August,…
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