Soulard v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
jError to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff filed the following petition: “ The plaintiff states that, for more than ten years before the year 1855, he and his brothers Henry G. Soulard and Benjamin A. Soulard were proprietors in fee as tenants in common of a certain tract of land in the city of St. Louis, being the eastern part of the United States survey for James Mackay, and embracing the land in said survey taken and appropriated by the defendant for public…
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jError to St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff filed the following petition: “ The plaintiff states that, for more than ten years before the year 1855, he and his brothers Henry G. Soulard and Benjamin A. Soulard were proprietors in fee as tenants in common of a certain tract of land in the city of St. Louis, being the eastern part of the United States survey for James Mackay, and embracing the land in said survey taken and appropriated by the defendant for public use as Jackson street, as hereinafter stated. In the month of September, 1855, said Henry G. and Benjamin A. sold and…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
The City of St. Louis has power, by its charter, “to open, alter, abolish, widen, extend, establish, grade, pave, or otherwise improve, clean, and keep in repair, streets,” &c.; and by the 2d section of the 4th article of its revised and amended charter, approved March 3, 1851, (Sess. Acts 1851, p. 155,) it is provided that “ whenever the city council shall by ordinance establish, open, widen, or alter any street, lane, avenue, alley, wharf, or public square, and it becomes necessary for that purpose to take private property, and no agreement can be made with the owner thereof, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Boom v. City of UticaNew York Supreme Court · 1848
- Mueller v. St. Louis & Iron Mountain RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1860
- Underwood v. Newport LyceumCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1844
- Watson v. Bennett & WhiteNew York Supreme Court · 1851
3Cited by39 opinions
- Hickman v. City of KansasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Donovan v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
- Stewart v. City of ClintonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
- Hunt v. City of BoonvilleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
- Tremayne v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1928
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