City of St. Louis v. Ranken
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting improper and illegal testimony. It was incompetent to go into the question whether the widening of Eighteenth street was a public necessity which justified the passage of an ordinance therefor.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. A. M. Thayer, Judge. (1) The court erred in admitting improper and illegal testimony. It was incompetent to go into the question whether the widening of Eighteenth street was a public necessity which justified the passage of an ordinance therefor. (2) The circuit court erred in refusing plaintiff’s instruction. . . The first instruction asked by plaintiff was intended to withdraw all evidence from the consideration of the jury and was properly refused. St. Louis v. Richeson, 76 Mo. 470.
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
This is an action on a special tax-bill for alleged benefits to defendant’s property, because of the widening of Eighteenth street at its intersection with Clark avenue in the city of St. Louis. The benefits were assessed in a condemnation proceeding in the St. Louis circuit court, in a case entitled City of St. Louis vs. Jacob B. Wall et al. The defendant was not by the petition in that proceeding made a party defendant, nor was there a summons issued to or served upon him, nor was any of his property sought to be condemned therein. The property assessed for benefits is on Clark avenue, one…
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