State ex rel. City of Kirkwood v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Missouri
Certiorari. . (1) An action on a special tax bill is an action in rem and is brought to subject a particular piece of property to the judgment of the court; it must therefore he brought where' the land is situated. ' Carr v. Goal Co., 96 Mo. 149. (2) Title to real estate may be “affected” within the meaning of Sec.-1753, R. S. 1909, although not “involved” within the meaning of section 12, article 6,. of the Constitution.
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Certiorari. . (1) An action on a special tax bill is an action in rem and is brought to subject a particular piece of property to the judgment of the court; it must therefore he brought where' the land is situated. ' Carr v. Goal Co., 96 Mo. 149. (2) Title to real estate may be “affected” within the meaning of Sec.-1753, R. S. 1909, although not “involved” within the meaning of section 12, article 6,. of the Constitution. Vandeventer v. Bank, 232 Mo. 624; Payne v. Savings Assn., 198- Mo. 621; Christopher v. Savings Assn., 180 Mo. 568; Bailey v. Winn, 101 Mo. 649; State ex rel. v. Court of…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This is a writ of certiorari directed to the judges of the St. Louis Court of Appeals. Such judges have complied with the writ and certified up their record for our review. From the record it would appear that at the March term, 1914, of the St. Louis Court of Appeals there were pending three several actions, each entitled “City of Kirkwood, at the *91relation of John F. McMahon, plaintiff, v. Alexander H. Handlan, Jr., and Ella Handlan, defendants” and in the said Court of Appeals were respectively numbered 13839, 13662 and 13663. It appears that these three cases were consolidated for argument…
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