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Werth v. City of Springfield

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 20, 1886PublishedCited by 15 opinions

• Appeal from the Greene County Circuit Court, W. F. (ieiger, Judge. An ordinance was necessary to carry into effect the power to change the grade of a street. Boon v. City of Utica, 2 Barb. 104; Fulton v. City of Lincoln, 2 N. W. Rep. 724; Saxton v. Beach et al., 50 Mo. 489; Thomson v. City of Boonville, 61 Mo. 282; Irvin v. Devors, 65 Mo. 625; Werth v. City of Springfield, 78 Mo. 107; Stewart v. City of Clinton, 79 Mo. 604; Wittier v. Cavender et al., 3 Mo.

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• Appeal from the Greene County Circuit Court, W. F. (ieiger, Judge. An ordinance was necessary to carry into effect the power to change the grade of a street. Boon v. City of Utica, 2 Barb. 104; Fulton v. City of Lincoln, 2 N. W. Rep. 724; Saxton v. Beach et al., 50 Mo. 489; Thomson v. City of Boonville, 61 Mo. 282; Irvin v. Devors, 65 Mo. 625; Werth v. City of Springfield, 78 Mo. 107; Stewart v. City of Clinton, 79 Mo. 604; Wittier v. Cavender et al., 3 Mo. App. 580; Perkinson v. City of St. Louis, 4 Mo. App. 322; Stifel v. Dougherty, 6 Mo. App. 441. ‘ ‘ Ratification after suit brought will…

1Opinion of the CourtRombaueb, J.

This cause was heretofore before the supreme court, and its opinion therein is reported in 78 Mo. 107. Before the last trial in the circuit court, the plaintiff filed an amended petition, the averments of which were substan-, tially as follows:

That Henry Sheppard, in 1867, filed in the office of the recorder of deeds for Greene county, Missouri, a plat of an addition to the defendant city, which dedicated to public use, Walnut street; that the title to lot one of said addition, fronting on said street, on June 12, 1877, *14ifoecame vested in the plaintiff; that on November 1,1878, the defendant…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Werth v. City of SpringfieldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  2. Stewart v. City of ClintonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  3. Thomson v. Mayor of BoonvilleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  4. Hilsdorf v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  5. Soulard v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1865

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. McGrew v. Granite Bituminous Paving Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1913
  2. Rives v. City of ColumbiaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1899
  3. Bigelow v. City of SpringfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1914
  4. Maudlin v. City of TrentonMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
  5. Koeppen v. City of SedaliaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1901

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