Andrews v. St. Louis Tunnel Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, The act of March 21, 1873, took effect ninety days after its passage, because no other time was therein appointed. — Wag. Stats. 1872, p. 894, sect. 4. It is not sufficient that certain parts of the act might bear a construction which would, taken separately, give those parts effect at an earlier period.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court, The act of March 21, 1873, took effect ninety days after its passage, because no other time was therein appointed. — Wag. Stats. 1872, p. 894, sect. 4. It is not sufficient that certain parts of the act might bear a construction which would, taken separately, give those parts effect at an earlier period. The legislature must direct when the act as a whole shall take effect. — Wheeler v. Ghubbuclc, 16 111. 261; Board of Supervisors, etc., v. Ready, 34 111. 293 ; The State v. Little Rock, etc., R. R, Qo., 31 Auk. 701. The words “prior to the passage of…
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, P. J.
The plaintiff, under a contract with the defendaut Tunnel Railroad Company, dated April 21,1873, constructed its tunnel and railway from Third Street to the south line of Market Street, in the city of St. Louis. His account for labor and materials furnished amounted to $661,576.65, of which sum the tunnel company paid him $583,147.42, leaving unpaid a balance of $78,429.23. For this balance he asks judgment, with a lien on the tunnel and railway property, under an act of the general assembly, approved March 21, 1873, and transcribed into the Revised Statutes at sections 3200 and the sixteen…
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