River Rendering Co. v. Behr
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The construction of the ordinance put upon it by respondent makes it violate section 20 of the bill of rights, which forbids private property from being taken for private use, with or without consent of the owner; also, section 80, which forbids the taking of private property for public use without due process of law.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The construction of the ordinance put upon it by respondent makes it violate section 20 of the bill of rights, which forbids private property from being taken for private use, with or without consent of the owner; also, section 80, which forbids the taking of private property for public use without due process of law. Donovan v. Mayor, etc., 29 Miss. 247; Fisher v. McGirr, 1 Gray 1,14. The power of making by-laws for the suppression of nuisances is confined to the suppression and prohibition of acts which, if done, must necessarily and inevitably cause…
1Opinion of the CourtHenry, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the St. Louis court of appeals, affirming the judgment of the circuit court, perpetually enjoining defendant from removing dead animals from the city of St. Louis. The grounds of the injunction are, that the acts with respect to which appellants are restrained, are violative of an ordinance of said city, No. 10,062, and the question involved relates to the validity of that ordinance, which is as follows :
“An ordinance to repeal ordinance number -6,745, entitled An ordinance to repeal ordinance No. 6,016, entitled ‘An ordinance to amend ordinance No.…
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