Allen v. City of Fredericktown

GUNN, Presiding Judge.

Appellants brought suit against respondent City of Fredericktown to recover the cost of the installation of water and sewer lines within a subdivision development. Appellants grounded their action on a municipal ordinance providing for reimbursement by the City, under certain conditions, of the cost of, construction of water and sewer lines placed in subdivisions by developers. The City defended the action for a variety of reasons, among which were: that there had been a repeal of the reimbursement ordinance; that no written contract existed upon which to base their…