City of Webb City v. Aylor
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — lion. David E. Blair, Judge. (1). The casé was clearly decided in favor of the defendant upon the ground that the engineer’s estimates were not filed prior to the adoption of the respective resolutions for the work. This was error. The estimates may be filed at any time prior to the letting of the contract. R. S. 18991, sec. 5859; Kirksville v. Coleman, 103 Mo.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court. — lion. David E. Blair, Judge. (1). The casé was clearly decided in favor of the defendant upon the ground that the engineer’s estimates were not filed prior to the adoption of the respective resolutions for the work. This was error. The estimates may be filed at any time prior to the letting of the contract. R. S. 18991, sec. 5859; Kirksville v. Coleman, 103 Mo. App. 215; State ex rel. v. Kansas City, 134 S. W. 1011; State ex rel. v. Gordon, 217 Mo. 103; Probert v. Garth, 155 Mo."App. 387. (2) The court found that the specifications were sufficiently…
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
Action to enforce collection of certain taxbills issued to relator Pranks in payment for paving certain streets in the city of Webb City, which is a city of the third class. The defendant resisted collection on the ground that the taxbills were void. Trial by court, judgment in defendant’s favor and plaintiff has appealed.
The objection urged against the validity of the taxbills is that the statute and the ordinances of the city were not complied with by the city council and for that reason the council did not acquire jurisdiction to make the contract for the work. The proceedings of the…
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- State ex inf. Major v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
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- State ex rel. City of Carthage v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- City of St. Louis v. KingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
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