City of Springfield v. Starke
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene County Criminal Court. — Hon. James J. Gideon, Judge. (1) The city of Springfield, as a city of the third class, has the power under its charter to enact and enforce the ordinance in question in this suit.
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Appeal from Greene County Criminal Court. — Hon. James J. Gideon, Judge. (1) The city of Springfield, as a city of the third class, has the power under its charter to enact and enforce the ordinance in question in this suit. See. 5834, R. S. 1899. St. Louis v. Sehoenbusch, 95 Mo. 618; St. Joseph v. Levin, 128 Mo. 588; Coal Co. v. City of St. Louis, 130 Mo. 323. (2) The provision in said ordinance requiring the payment of a reasonable fee to the inspector by persons having weights and measures inspected, is lawful. City of St. Louis v. Boatmen’s Insurance & Trust Co., 47 Mo. 150; City of New…
1Opinion of the CourtBarclay, J.
The defendants Messrs. Starke and Jones conducted a grocery store in the city of Springfield. In this proceeding they are charged with a violation of an ordinance of that city in failing to pay fees prescribed for examining, testing and sealing certain scales and measures used by them in their store.
There is no dispute as to the facts.
The case began by a complaint before the police judge of the city of Springfield. At the trial in the police court defendants were convicted and fined five dollars each. They appealed from the conviction and had a new trial in the criminal court of Greene…
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- Kansas City v. NealSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Sylvester Coal Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- City of St. Louis v. Edward Heitzeberg Packing & Provision Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Kansas City v. GrushSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
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