MAY DEPARTMENT STORES CO. v. STATE TAX COMMISSION

No. 45943.

308 S.W.2d 748 (1958)

The MAY DEPARTMENT STORES COMPANY, a Corporation, Respondent, v. STATE TAX COMMISSION of Missouri, James M. Robertson, John A. Williams, J. Ralph Hutchison, Commissioners of the Missouri State Tax Commission; Phil G. Deuser, Assessor, St. Louis County, Missouri; Willis G. Benson, Collector, St. Louis County, Missouri; J. D. Massey, Collector, City of Clayton, Missouri, Defendants, School District of Clayton, Intervenor, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

January 13, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Dalton, Atty. Gen., Donal D. Guffey, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant State Tax Commission.

William Kline, St. Louis County Counselor, Clayton, John F. Molloy, Asst. County Counselor, for appellants Phil G. Deuser, Assessor, Willis W. Benson, Collector, St. Louis County.

F. William Human, Jr., City Atty. Clayton, for J. D. Massey, Collector of City of Clayton.

Ziercher, Tzinberg, Human & Michenfelder, by Erwin Tzinberg, Clayton, and George E. Schaaf, for School Dist. of Clayton.

Lewis, Rice, Tucker, Allen & Chubb, John Torrey Berger, J. L. Pierson, Stanford T. Meyer, St. Louis, for respondent.


EAGER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, which, on review, set aside a decision of the State Tax Commission. Other component parts of the judgment will be referred to later. The case involves the assessment of a tract of land and improvements in Clayton, St. Louis County, which comprise the Famous-Barr store. We shall refer to the owner, May Department Stores Company, as...

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