88.127. Construction of law--limit on frequency of assessment. - Missouri Statutes

Construction of law--limit on frequency of assessment.

88.127. Sections 88.107 to 88.127 shall be liberallyconstrued so as to prevent private property that has been in goodfaith benefited by local public improvements from escapingpayment of its just share of the value thereof; and shall applyto all cases wherein original assessments for local improvementsare made. No reassessment shall be made under sections 88.107 to88.127 unless the ordinance authorizing it is passed and becomeseffective within two years after the previous assessment has beendeclared to be invalid, in whole or in part. Parts of previousassessments which are not invalid under the ruling of someappellate court of competent jurisdiction are not in any wayaffected by sections 88.107 to 88.127.

(RSMo 1939 § 7386, A.L. 1957 p. 240)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 7235; 1919 § 8667