Dollar Savings Bank v. Ridge
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred from Kansas City Conrt of Appeals. (1) (a) The charter of Kansas City provides that, “the common council shall hold a meeting on the-third Monday in April in each year and thereafter on the first Monday of every month, hnt not oftener unless specially convened by the mayor in pursuance of law;” and further provides that, “the mayor shall call special sessions of the common .council by proclamation which shall he published as may he provided by ordinance.”
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Transferred from Kansas City Conrt of Appeals. (1) (a) The charter of Kansas City provides that, “the common council shall hold a meeting on the-third Monday in April in each year and thereafter on the first Monday of every month, hnt not oftener unless specially convened by the mayor in pursuance of law;” and further provides that, “the mayor shall call special sessions of the common .council by proclamation which shall he published as may he provided by ordinance.” Prior to the passage of Ordinance No. 1801, authorizing the construction of the sewer, no ordinance had been passed prescribing…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
This suit was brought July 1, 1896, in the circuit court of Jackson county, Missouri, at Kansas City, to enforce the lien of a special taxbill against defendants’ land, issued in favor, of Patrick Lyons, May 28, 1895, for the construction of a district sewer in Sewer District No. 151.
The defenses relied on to this action were: (1) That the ordinance under which the work was done was passed by the common council at what were called special sessions and that those sessions were not legally convened because at the time they were held there was no manner provided by ordinance for publishing the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Forry v. RidgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
- McQuiddy v. VineyardMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
- Dollar Savings Bank v. RidgeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895
- State ex rel. Ridge v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
3Cited by10 opinions
- Neil v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- City of Rolla ex rel. Likes v. SchumanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
- City of Higginsville Ex Rel. Kasco, Inc. v. Alton RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1943
- Friends of the City Market v. Old Town Redevelopment Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- Likes v. City of RollaMissouri Court of Appeals · 1915
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