Loth v. Columbia Theatre Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) The ordinance pleaded and offered in evidence by this defendant should have been admitted. It is a valid ordinance of the city of St. Louis and its reasonableness is not subject to judicial review. Sec. 26, amended charter St. Louis; St. Louis v. Tel.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Now. Warwick Hough, Judge. (1) The ordinance pleaded and offered in evidence by this defendant should have been admitted. It is a valid ordinance of the city of St. Louis and its reasonableness is not subject to judicial review. Sec. 26, amended charter St. Louis; St. Louis v. Tel. Co., 149 U. S. 470; Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. French, 158 Mo. 534, aff. 181 U. S. 324; St. Charles v. Eisner, 155 Mo. 671; Skinker v. Heman, 148 Mo. 350; Morse v.Wesport, 136 Mo. 286; Kerney v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co., 86 Mo. App. 573; Kansas City v. Trieb, 76 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, P. J.
This is an action for twenty-five thousand dollars damages for personal injurries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff on October 22, 1899, by reason of the alleged negligence of workmen of the Chase Electric Sign Company in permitting an illuminated sign which they were lowering from a balcony to fall upon plaintiff. The plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment against the defendants for the sum of $15,000. In due time the defendants filed separate motions for new trial and in arrest, which were overruled, and they bring the case to this court by appeal for review.
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- Deming v. . Terminal Railway of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
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