Sheehan v. Martin

This action is by a contractor upon a special tax-bill issued by the city engineer, for sewer work in St. Louis. On appeal (o the Cir.cuit Court, and trial de novo there, there was judgment for $63.28, the amount claimed. The work was done under ordinances 10,544 and 10,547, authorizing the Board of Public Improvements to cause sewers to be constructed in different portions of the city, and to assess the owners of adjoining lands with their share of the cost of construction, and giving the contractor a right to recover such assessments. There was testimony that the sewers were ordered to be…