Paulus v. City of St. Louis

JAMES H. KEET, Jr., Special Judge.

Plaintiff-respondent, a general contractor, challenges the right of appellant, the City of St. Louis, to retain $4,234 which plaintiff paid to the City under protest for a building permit after plaintiff had begun construction of the Clinic and Administration Building at the St. Louis State Hospital under a $4,291,600 contract with the State of Missouri. In a jury-waived trial on plaintiff’s petition, which alleged that the City erroneously and without legal authority required plaintiff to pay the permit fee, the trial court awarded plaintiff judgment for…