National Exhibition Co. v. City of St. Louis

This suit for an injunction was brought by respondent, as plaintiff, against appellants City of St. Louis and certain of its officers, as defendants, to restrain defendants from enforcing the provisions of an ordinance of the City of St. Louis imposing a license fee upon circuses and menageries. After a trial, the court rendered judgment granting plaintiff, a permanent injunction. On October 10, 1938, defendants duly appealed to this court, filing their bill of exceptions in tlie circuit court on March 2, 1939. The cause was argued and submitted in this court in October, 1939.

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