Union Cemetery Ass'n v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. O. A. Lucas, Judge. (1) Tire ordinance is unreasonable and therefore void. Corrigan v. Gage, 68 Mo. 541; Skinker v. He-man, 148 Mo. 355; St. Louis v. Russell, 116 Mo: 257; Cape Girardeau v. Riley, 72 Mo. 220; Tarkio v. Cook, 120 Mo. 9; Zumault v. Air Line, 71 Mo. App. 671; White v. Railroad, 44 Mo. App. 540; Halpin v. Campbell, 71 Mo. 493; Hannibal v. Tel. Co., 31 Mo. App. 33; Dillon, Mun.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. O. A. Lucas, Judge. (1) Tire ordinance is unreasonable and therefore void. Corrigan v. Gage, 68 Mo. 541; Skinker v. He-man, 148 Mo. 355; St. Louis v. Russell, 116 Mo: 257; Cape Girardeau v. Riley, 72 Mo. 220; Tarkio v. Cook, 120 Mo. 9; Zumault v. Air Line, 71 Mo. App. 671; White v. Railroad, 44 Mo. App. 540; Halpin v. Campbell, 71 Mo. 493; Hannibal v. Tel. Co., 31 Mo. App. 33; Dillon, Mun. Corp. ('5 Ed.),, secs. 589-93. (2) The ordinance, while in the guise of an exercise of the police power, is not so in fact, but is really a blow at vested rights of…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The plaintiffs, the appellants here, who, for convenience, will hereafter he designated by the former appellation, instituted this suit in the circuit court of Jackson county, to enjoin the respondents, who hereafter will he referred to as defendants, from enforcing an ordinance of the city, duly enacted by the common council thereof, and approved by the .mayor July 14, 1910, forbidding burials in the grounds of the Union Cemetery, a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of this State, by a special act of the Legislature, approved November 9, 1857. [Laws, 1857 (Adj.), p. 320.]
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