Missouri Court of Appeals February 3, 1903 (City of Hannibal ex rel. Bassen v. Bowman)

BLAND, P. J.

The suit is grounded on what is commonly known as back taxbills. These bills are properly made out and certified and are, by virtue of a statute, prima facie evidence that the taxes sued for are due and unpaid, hence, if there was nothing more in the petition than a simple declaration. of the bills themselves, plaintiff would have a prima facie case.