People Ex Rel. Wangelin v. City of St. Louis

The city of St. Louis owns a bridge across the Mississippi river, connecting the city of St. Louis, Missouri, with the city of East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge is known as the St. Louis Municipal Bridge and is located partly in each State. The board of assessors of St. Clair county, in 1933, assessed the part of the bridge in St. Clair county at $2,000,000 for that year. The city of St. Louis (hereafter called the City) filed a complaint with the board of review of the county and after a consideration thereof the latter body fixed the assessment at $3,000,000. Taxes of $161,028 were…