Collier Estate v. Western Paving & Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Son-. H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) There is no equity in the hill. If the statements in the bill are true, plaintiffs have a full and complete right to make every defense at law in a suit upon the taxbills, and there is no necessity to ask equitable interference.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.— Son-. H. D. Wood, Judge. (1) There is no equity in the hill. If the statements in the bill are true, plaintiffs have a full and complete right to make every defense at law in a suit upon the taxbills, and there is no necessity to ask equitable interference. Michael v. St. Louis, 112 Mo. 614; McClanahan v. West, 100 Mo. 323; Albany Mining Co. v. Auditor, 37 Mich. 393; Winter v. City Council, 9 So. 366; Page v. St. Louis, 20 Mo. 142; Heywood v. Buffalo, 14 N. T. 506; McCormack v. Patchin, 53 Mo. 33. A court of equity will not interfere with an…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The two above causes were heard together and submitted on the same briefs. The proceeding in each is a suit in equity to set aside and annul a special taxbill assessed against the respective real estate of the plaintiffs for the improvement of King’s Highway Boulevard, a public thoroughfare in the city of St. Louis.
The bill in each case alleges that the assessment is erroneous and greatly in excess of what it should be; that said taxbill is a lien on all of the plaintiff’s said property and is a cloud upon plaintiff’s title.
*370“The validity of said assessment is questioned on two grounds:
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2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Co. v. BachmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
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