Dickey v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Sow. John G. Park, Judge. , This case should be transferred to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The jurisdiction of this court is invoked in this case because a constitutional question is involved, the amount of the taxbills being insufficient to bring the case here.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Sow. John G. Park, Judge. , This case should be transferred to the Kansas City Court of Appeals. The jurisdiction of this court is invoked in this case because a constitutional question is involved, the amount of the taxbills being insufficient to bring the case here. This court decided, in Barber Asphalt Co. v. Ridge, 169 Mo. 376 (opinion rendered June 18, 1902), that the charter provision invoked by the plaintiff, which the court below disregarded, requiring the defendant to file his objections to the taxbills with the Board of Public Works, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This is an action for the enforcement of the-liens of two special taxbills against the properties of the defendants in Kansas City. The judgment in the trial court was for the defendants, from' which judgment, after the filing and overruling of a motion for a new trial, plaintiff appeals.
Although the amount of the taxbills sued on is insufficient to give this court jurisdiction of this appeal, it is claimed by plaintiff that the Supreme Court has jurisdiction because of a constitutional question being involved.
This question, if properly before this court, involves the validity of section 23,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gabbert v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1902
- Murray v. St. Louis Transit Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1903
- Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. RidgeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1902
- Curtice v. SchmidtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Russell v. CroySupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- McManus v. BurrowsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
- State v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- City of Marshfield Ex Rel. Hasten v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Reeves v. Kansas City, St. Louis & Chicago RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
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