GAST REALTY CO. v. SCHNEIDER GRANITE CO.

No. 211.

240 U.S. 55 (1916)

GAST REALTY AND INVESTMENT COMPANY v. SCHNEIDER GRANITE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas G. Rutledge and Mr. David Goldsmith, with whom Mr. Robert A. Holland, Jr., and Mr. J.M. Lashly were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Hickman P. Rodgers, with whom Mr. William K. Koerner were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to collect a tax for paving Broadway, a street in St. Louis, levied upon land of the defendants fronting upon that street. The plaintiff, defendant in error, did the work, received an assignment of the tax and got a judgment for the amount. The only question here is whether the ordinance levying the tax under the charter of the city is consistent with the...

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