Adkins v. Quest
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Gates, Judge. (1) The tax bills sued on are all void for uncertainty of description, and, being so, plaintiff has no cause of action.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. E. P. Gates, Judge. (1) The tax bills sued on are all void for uncertainty of description, and, being so, plaintiff has no cause of action. City Charter 1889, sec. 10, art. 9; Burroughs on Taxation, p. 205; "Welty on Assessments, secs. 80, 83, 85, 88; Cooley on Taxation, pp. 408, 409; Blackwell on Tax Titles [5 Ed.], sees. 236, 249; Black on Tax Titles [2 Ed.], secs. 112, 410; McCune v. Hi]], 24 Mo. 5Y0, 514; Jefferson City v. Whipple, 71 Mo. 519; B oxley v. Stevens, 31 Mo. 201, 203; State ex rel. v. Eailroad, 114 Mo. 1; People v. Cone, 48 Oal.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
description: metes and bounds. This is an action on a special tax bill issued by the board of public works of Kansas City for the construction of a certain sewer in said city. The tax bill describes the property which it is claimed is subject to the lien thereof as “The south 60 feet of the north 121 & 3-4 feet, more or less, of lot 4, Elournoy ' * Heights/’ an addition to Kansas City. The contention of the defendant is that said tax bill is void on its face for uncertainty in the description of the-property. Whether or not this contention can be upheld depeiids upon the construction to be…
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