Lambar v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
I. The main point in this case, is the same that was presented in Gnrno vs. The City og St. Louis, Í2 Mo. Rep, 414; Taylor and others vs. the same, 14 Mo. Rep., and Hoffman vs. the same, argued at this term and now under the consideration c>f this court. The authorities cited in the appellee’s brief, in Hoffman’s ease, are here' referred to, and it is not necessary to enlarge upon what has been said in that case. II.
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I. The main point in this case, is the same that was presented in Gnrno vs. The City og St. Louis, Í2 Mo. Rep, 414; Taylor and others vs. the same, 14 Mo. Rep., and Hoffman vs. the same, argued at this term and now under the consideration c>f this court. The authorities cited in the appellee’s brief, in Hoffman’s ease, are here' referred to, and it is not necessary to enlarge upon what has been said in that case. II. The action of the defend'am, irr the' premises, can be sustained on another grotina. The agreed case admits, that the ditch wa® cut for the purpose of conducting to the river,,…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
This ease presents such points, principally, as have been already decided by this court in the cases of Gurno vs. the City; Taylor et al. vs. the City, and Hoffman vs. the City.
*612The following is the agreed case :
“The plaintiff, Lambar, built and occupied a two story brick house on the premises described in his petition, worth fifteen dollars per month renting. That Carroll street, upon which said house fronts, was a public street, but has never been paved or graded, or in any manner improved or altered, save as hereafter mentioned. That about from one to five years ago, the city of St. Louis,…
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