City of St. Louis ex rel. Seibert v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The Court erred in rendering a personal judgment against the defendant, instead of a judgment in rem. The judgment ought always in these cases to he limited to the property condemned to pay the tax; — upon any other theory it may be ruinous to own inferior property on a street to be improved. II. The petition, sets out several distinct causes of action, and the verdict for an entire and gross' sum cannot be sustained.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. I. The Court erred in rendering a personal judgment against the defendant, instead of a judgment in rem. The judgment ought always in these cases to he limited to the property condemned to pay the tax; — upon any other theory it may be ruinous to own inferior property on a street to be improved. II. The petition, sets out several distinct causes of action, and the verdict for an entire and gross' sum cannot be sustained. (Brownell vs. Pacific B. B., 47 Mo., 239.) III. If the bills were recoverable then the plaintiffs were entitled to recover interest…
1Opinion of the CourtVories, Judge
This action was brought by the respondents against the appellant in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, to recover the amount of two several tax bills for work done by the respondents undera contract with the City of St. Louis, in curbing, guttering and macadamizing, done on what is called the Gravois road, in front of and adjoining certain lots of ground belonging to appellant, and upon which said lots said tax bill *46were assessed as a special tax under tlie charter and ordinance of the City of St. Louis.
There were two counts in the petition, one on each of the two tax bills.
It was…
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