Becker v. City of Washington
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.—Hon. A, J. Seay, Judge. (1) The city, as such, can only grade or improve streets by ordinance for that purpose.
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Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court.—Hon. A, J. Seay, Judge. (1) The city, as such, can only grade or improve streets by ordinance for that purpose. R. S., sec. 4940. (2) The city is not liable for any damage done in grading a street, unless there was a valid ordinance authorizing the work to be done. ' Saxton r>. St. Joseph, 60 Mo. 153; Saxton v. Beach, 50 Mo. 488; Brown v. Cape Girardeau, 90 Mo. 377; Worley v. Columbia, 88 Mo, 106, 111 ; Rowland v. Gallatin, 75 Mo. 134; Keating r>. Skiles, 72 Mo. 97. (3) The law provides that “no bill shall become an ordinance until the same is signed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
The defendant is a city of the fourth class. The plaintiff is the owner of a house and lob on Main, between Jefferson and Lafayette streets, in said city. On the nineteenth day of June, 1882, the board of aldermen of said city, by its orders entered upon its journal, ordered that Main street, between two said last-mentioned streets, under the direction and superintendence of its street committee and street commissioner, be lowered, graded, macadamized, and guttered according to plans and specifications (“now”) then on file in the office of the city clerk. And on the third of July, 1882, to…
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