Long v. City of Independence

LOZIER, C.

Plaintiffs below appealed from a judgment dismissing their petition for the reason that it failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and to state facts entitling them to the relief prayed for.

As the city taxes in issue were general taxes for public governmental purposes, construction of the revenue laws is involved and the appeal is properly here. Art. V, Sec. 3, 1945 Cons.; Pearson Drainage Dist. v. Erhardt (Mo. Sup.), 196 S. W. 2d 855; State ex rel. Lane v. Corneli, 347 Mo. 932, 149 S. W. 2d 815; State ex rel. Divine v. Collier, 301 Mo. 72, 256 S. W. 455; K.…