City of Kansas v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

This suit was brought by the City of Kansas to enforce a lien for taxes on certain lots and blocks of ground in said city for the years 1867, 1868, 1869, 1873, *1821874, 1875, 1876 and 1877. All the parties defendant, of whom there were several, made default, except the Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Company, and it tiled an answer containing a general denial of the allegations of the petition, and also setting up the statute of limitations in. bar of plaintiff’s right to recover the taxes for the years 1867, 1868 and 1869.

So much of the answer as set up the limitation act. was stricken out…