Williams v. Ettenson

Plaintiff’s action is based on special tax bills for building district sewers in Excelsior Springs. Tbe judgment in tbe trial court sustained tbe bills and defendants appeal.

The bills named Henry Ettenson as owner and he is not a party defendant. The question was therefore made extensively briefed and argued here, whether the bills, when introduced in evidence, made a prima-facie case under sections 9385 and 9408, Revised Statutes 1909, against these defendants who were not named therein as owners. After the case had been submitted for decision for several months, and an opinion partly…