City of St. Louis v. Sieferer
Decision Date | 31 October 1892 |
Citation | 20 S.W. 318,111 Mo. 662 |
Parties | CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. SIEFERER et al. |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from St. Louis circuit court; JACOB KLEIN, Judge.
Action by the city of St. Louis against Mina Sieferer and others to recover the amount of a special tax bill for benefits assessed on account of the opening of an avenue. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
The other facts fully appear in the following statement by BARCLAY, J.:
The grounds for the motion for new trial, mentioned in the opinion, are thus stated in the motion:
W. C. Marshall, for appellant. H. A. Loevy, for respondents.
BARCLAY, J., (after stating the facts.)
This action is to recover the amount of a special tax bill for benefits assessed on account of the opening of an avenue in the city of St. Louis. Defendants put in issue the plaintiff's alleged facts. At the trial the circuit court excluded the tax bill, the basis of the action, and also the published notice to property owners, which formed essential parts of plaintiff's case. At the close of the hearing the court declared that, upon the evidence adduced, plaintiff was not entitled to recover. That instruction was clearly correct, as the testimony then stood. The only real question in the record arises upon a consideration of the court's rulings, excluding the material proofs offered by plaintiff, above mentioned. Defendants now insist that those rulings are not reviewable, inasmuch as plaintiff's motion for a new trial does not refer to them, or in any way complain of the...
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