Fischer v. St. Louis
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This 'proceeding was originally instituted by a criminal complaint filed by the city of St. Louis against Fischer in the Police Court for a violation of an ordinance of the city in erecting, building and establishing on certain premises occupied by'Fischer, at Nos. 7208 and'7210 North Broadway, a 'dairy and cow stable without first having obtained permission so to do from the municipal assembly by proper ordinance, and for…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This 'proceeding was originally instituted by a criminal complaint filed by the city of St. Louis against Fischer in the Police Court for a violation of an ordinance of the city in erecting, building and establishing on certain premises occupied by'Fischer, at Nos. 7208 and'7210 North Broadway, a 'dairy and cow stable without first having obtained permission so to do from the municipal assembly by proper ordinance, and for maintaining .such dairy and cow stable without permission of such assembly. Motion was made to quash the complaint upon…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brown,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.'
The authority of the city of St. Louis tó adopt the ordinance in question is found in the Revised Statutes of the State, (1899, pp. 2486 and 2488,) which declares: “ The mayor and assembly shall have power, within the city, by ordinance not inconsistent with the Constitution, or any law of this State, or of this charter, . . . to . . . prohibit the erection of . . •. • cow stables and' dairies. . . . within prescribed limits, and to remove and regulate the same.”
“Finally, to pass all such ordinances,…
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