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 -cons…
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