Gast Realty & Investment Co. v. Schneider Granite Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions in the charter and a street paving ordinance of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, are stated in the opinion. The provisions under which this assessment was made are not repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions in the charter and a street paving ordinance of the City of St. Louis, Missouri, are stated in the opinion. The provisions under which this assessment was made are not repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment. Shumate v. Heman, 181 U. S. 402; French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 181 U. S. 324; Schulte v. Heman, 189 U. S. 507. An assessment against all the ground within an improvement district will not be overthrown merely…
1Opinion of the Court 1
240 U.S. 55 (1916)
GAST REALTY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY
v.
SCHNEIDER GRANITE COMPANY.
No. 211.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued January 21, 1916.
Decided January 31, 1916.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
Mr. Thomas G. Rutledge and Mr. David Goldsmith, with whom Mr. Robert A. Holland, Jr., and Mr. J.M. Lashly were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Hickman P. Rodgers, with whom Mr. William K. Koerner were on the brief, for defendant in error.
2Opinion of the Court · HolmesJustice Holmes
This is a suit to collect a tax for paving Broadway, a street in St. Louis, levied upon land of the defendants fronting upon that…
3Cases cited7 opinions
- French v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Houck v. Little River Drainage DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Gast Realty & Investment Co. v. Schneider Granite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Martin v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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