Ward v. Robert J. Boyd Paving & Contracting Co.

PHILIPS, District Judge.

This is a bill in equity to enjoin tbe collection of certain tax bills issued by the city of Westport, in Jackson county, Mo., as a special tax assessed against complainant’s property for the construction of a district sewer. The city of Westport is alleged to be a city of the fourth class, organized under the statutes of the state. The construction of the sewer in question was directed by an ordinance of the city, duly adopted, and the imposition of the special tax for the payment thereof was also authorized by ordinance of the city. This tax is claimed, by the holder…