State ex rel. Skrainka Construction Co. v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) It was the intention of the framers of the ■amended charter of St. Louis that the boundary of the taxing district should be placed at a line midway between the street improved and the next parallel street, wherever that is practicable.
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Mandamus. (1) It was the intention of the framers of the ■amended charter of St. Louis that the boundary of the taxing district should be placed at a line midway between the street improved and the next parallel street, wherever that is practicable. Collier v. Western P. & 'S. Co., 180 Mo. 283. (2) The exception that if the property adjoining the street to be improved is divided into lots the district shall be so drawn as to include the •entire depth of all lots .fronting on the street to be improved, was not intended to apply where the lot fronting the improvement has a depth through to the…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
— This is an original action by mandamus, the general purpose of which is to require the city of St. Louis, the Board of Public Improvements of said city and the City Comptroller, to cancel certain tax bills which were issued to relator in payment of work done and material furnished in the reconstruction of a portion of Lee avenue in said city. The alternative writ was issued and return duly made, and the questions involved are ones which appear from these pleadings.
From the alternative writ it appears that the relator was the contractor for reconstructing a portion of Lee avenue in the city…
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