Copeland v. City of St. Joseph
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. H. M. Ramey, Judge. (1) The ordinance by which the respondent attempted to extend its limits is unreasonable, arbitrary and oppressive, in that it is an attempt arbitrarily so to extend the city limits as to include large and valuable tracts of farming lands used and suitable for agricultural purposes only, and which are not needed or used for any city purpose whatever, thereby imposing upon the owners of such tracts heavy and…
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. H. M. Ramey, Judge. (1) The ordinance by which the respondent attempted to extend its limits is unreasonable, arbitrary and oppressive, in that it is an attempt arbitrarily so to extend the city limits as to include large and valuable tracts of farming lands used and suitable for agricultural purposes only, and which are not needed or used for any city purpose whatever, thereby imposing upon the owners of such tracts heavy and oppressive burdens without any benefit or compensation whatever therefor. Vestal v. Little Bock, 15 S. W. Rep. 891; Covington…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, P. J.
— This is a proceeding to enjoin the collection of city taxes for the year 1892, on a tract of eight acres of land, by the city of St. Joseph, and involves the constitutionality of an act of the general assembly of this state approved March 30, 1887 (Laws of 1887, sec. 5, p. 53), under which the limits of said city were extended and said tract brought within the said limits.
The petition avers that prior to the first day of July, 1889, and the passage of the ordinance hereinafter described by the defendant, plaintiff’s said real estate was situated outside of the corporate limits of the…
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