People ex rel. Hubbard & Moffitt Commission Co. v. Cochrane
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lío». W. B. Homer, Judge. (1) So much of the Grain Inspection Law of 1907 (Laws 1907, p. 285) as authorizes the Board of Warehouse Commissioners to establish State inspection and weighing of grain where they see fit, as defines and establishes public warehouses, and as authorizes the inspection of grain not stored in warehouses, is unconstitutional, as being a delegation of legislative power, and therefore is void.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — lío». W. B. Homer, Judge. (1) So much of the Grain Inspection Law of 1907 (Laws 1907, p. 285) as authorizes the Board of Warehouse Commissioners to establish State inspection and weighing of grain where they see fit, as defines and establishes public warehouses, and as authorizes the inspection of grain not stored in warehouses, is unconstitutional, as being a delegation of legislative power, and therefore is void. Art. 4, sec. 1, Missouri Constitution; Merchants Ex. v. Knott, 212 Mo. 616. Other provisions of said' Grain Inspection Law — including…
1Opinion of the Court
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BOND, J.
Warehousemen; Police Regulation.
(After stating the facts as above.) — A warehouseman is a person or corporation lawfully engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. The business is public or private, as it may foe conducted for the storage of the goods of the general public, or for those of certain *590persons. It was a vocation well known, recognized and defined at common law, which also established the rights and duties arising from this form of bailment. It includes the storage of all kinds of personal property-grain, cotton, fruit and other farm products— horses,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Merchants Exchange v. KnottSupreme Court of Missouri · 1908
- Barnes ex rel. Hayes v. WebsterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
- Henoch v. ChaneySupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
- La Crosse Lumber Co. v. SchwartzMissouri Court of Appeals · 1912
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- McClare v. Massachusetts Bonding & InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Ladies of the Modern Maccabees v. Illinois Surety Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1917
- Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Ass'n v. Danville Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- German-American Mercantile Bank v. Illinois Surety Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1917
- Union State Bank v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1930
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