Page v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. It was argued by Mr. Gantt, for the city, and by Mr. Shepley, for the defendant in error. relied upon the following points : 1. The agreement made by the city with Lucas, under section nine of the ordinance, was legal, his lot only being exempt from taxation when its due proportion of the sewer debt had been fully paid ; and being legal when made, no subsequent change in the value of the…
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Error to St. Louis Circuit Court. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. It was argued by Mr. Gantt, for the city, and by Mr. Shepley, for the defendant in error. relied upon the following points : 1. The agreement made by the city with Lucas, under section nine of the ordinance, was legal, his lot only being exempt from taxation when its due proportion of the sewer debt had been fully paid ; and being legal when made, no subsequent change in the value of the property, by putting up improvements or otherwise, could render it illegal. 2. No inequality in the tax is produced by the…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, Judge
In March, 1849, the general assembly of Missouri passed an act to provide a general system of seAverage in the city of St. Louis. This act, among other things, provided that the city should be laid off into districts, to be drained, and that, on the presentation of a petition of the majority of the OAvners of real estate within any district, the mayor and council should have power to borrow any sum of money necessary to construct *140sewers in sucb district, and to issue the bonds of the city for the same, to be paid (principal and interest) by a tax to be levied on the real estate within such…
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