State ex rel. O'Brien v. Roos

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

The Prosecuting Attorney of St. Louis County, Missouri, was successful in the court below upon his petition to have declared invalid upon constitutional grounds and statutory conflict Ordinance No. 3188 of that county. The ordinance purports to fix criminal and civil case fees of constables serving the Magistrate Courts, and to require civil litigants to make a cash deposit for costs therein. The judgment of the court, in addition to declaring the ordinance invalid, enjoined defendants from collecting and charging fees for the services of constables as prescribed by…