SHUMATE v. HEMAN

No. 550.

181 U.S. 402 (1901)

SHUMATE v. HEMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.B. Webster for Shumate. Mr. Hiram J. Grover and Mr. Hamilton Grover were on his brief.

Mr. David Goldsmith for Heman. Mr. Robert E. Collins and Mr. H.P. Rodgers were on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a suit brought in the Circuit Court of the city of St. Louis by August Heman to enforce payment of a special tax bill issued in his favor by that city for the construction of a sewer in what is called Euclid avenue sewer district. The plaintiff recovered a judgment, and the defendants, who were owners of property assessed for the cost of making said sewer, appealed to the Supreme Court of Missouri, where...

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