City of St. Louis v. Herthel
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction, Noonan, J. Architects are not named in the enumeration of pursuits which are subject to be licensed.
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Appeal from the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction, Noonan, J. Architects are not named in the enumeration of pursuits which are subject to be licensed. Neither are they embraced within the general words following the particular enumeration; for it is uniformly held that wherever general words follow particular words of description, the general words do not enlarge the prior particular words, but are restricted in their application to classes similar to those particularly designated. — Sedgw. on Stat. Con. 423; Potter’s Dwar. Stat. 236; City of St. Louis v. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559; Butler’s…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
The defendant was convicted of violation of Article 20,-chapter 37, of the revised ordinances of St. Louis, in this, that he carried on the business of an architect in St. Louis without having obtained a license. On trial anew in the court of criminal correction, the case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts; and the defendant was again convicted.
The only question presented for our consideration is as to the validity of the ordinance, the first section of which is as follows: “It shall not be lawful for any person to exercise within this city the business of a money broker,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1872
- Town of Ryegate v. Town of WardsboroSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
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- City of St. Joseph v. PorterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- City of St. Louis v. SpiegelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884