City of Sturgeon v. Wabash Railway Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
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1. — Municipal Corporations. City has no power to declare that to be a nuisance, which is not so at common law or by statute.
2. — Same. Even where city has general power to declare nuisance, it cannot declare place of single individual to be a nuisance in absence of general regulation applicable to all others of the same class.
3. — Municipal Corporations. City by virtue of its police power alone, for purely aesthetic purposes, cannot limit use to which person…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Crossman v. City of GalvestonTexas Supreme Court · 1923
- Aufderheide v. Polar Wave Ice & Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1928
- Wylie v. ElwoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
- City of St. Louis v. Edward Heitzeberg Packing & Provision Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1897
- Carpenter v. Reliance Realty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1903
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- Eureka Real Estate & Investment Co. v. Southern Real Estate & Financial Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- Sparrow v. Dixie Leaf Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
- Bond v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
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