Fruin-Bambrick Construction Co. v. St. Louis Shovel Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) (a) The provisions of the amended charter making three-fourths of the cost of street improvements a charge upon all the property in a district defined and established according to certain general rules therein laid down, are to be construed in the light of the general principles underlying and limiting the power to levy special taxes for local improvements.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — How. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) (a) The provisions of the amended charter making three-fourths of the cost of street improvements a charge upon all the property in a district defined and established according to certain general rules therein laid down, are to be construed in the light of the general principles underlying and limiting the power to levy special taxes for local improvements. Newby v. Platte County, 25 Mo. 271; Kansas City v. Bacon, 157 Mo. 463; Kansas City v. Baird, 98 Mo. 215; 2 Dillon’s Mnn. Corp. (4 Ed.), see. 761. (b) By the phrase…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
— The statement of the issues of this case is so succinctly made by learned counsel for the respondent, that we borrow his language as far as it goes, thus:
“This is a suit on a special tax hill issued by the city of St. Louis for the proportionate cost of paving *527Sarah street, a thoroughfare running north and south in said city. The respondent is the contractor who did the work and the appellant is the owner of the property against which the tax bill is issued. No question is involved as to the passage of the ordinances, letting of the contract, doing of the work, and the issuance of the tax-…
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