Kingshighway Supply Co. v. Banner Iron Works
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. G. C. Allen, Judge. (1) When the ordinance was passed, vacating the alley in question, the city of St. Louis, by the charter then in force, was vested with full power “to establish, open, vacate, alter, widen, extend, pave or otherwise improve, and sprinkle, all streets, avenues, sidewalks, alleys, wharves and public grounds and squares and provide for the payment of costs and expenses thereof, in the manner in this charter…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. G. C. Allen, Judge. (1) When the ordinance was passed, vacating the alley in question, the city of St. Louis, by the charter then in force, was vested with full power “to establish, open, vacate, alter, widen, extend, pave or otherwise improve, and sprinkle, all streets, avenues, sidewalks, alleys, wharves and public grounds and squares and provide for the payment of costs and expenses thereof, in the manner in this charter provided.” Former Charter of St. Louis, art. Z, sec. 26, par. 2; Realty & Inv. Co. v. Deere & Co., 208 Mo. 66; Knapp-Stout…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The plaintiff, the Kingshighway Supply Company, the owner of certain real estate situate in City Block No. 4095, fronting on Kingshighway, and the Union Sand & Material Company, its lessee, brought this suit in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis, against the Banner Iron Works and Ernest C. P. Koken, trustee, also owners of property in said City Block 4095, and the city of St. Louis, to secure a decree nullifying an ordinance of said city, known as Ordinance No. 26203, vacating a portion of the north-and-south alley which runs partly through said block.
The trial resulted in a decree in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Glasgow v. St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- Heinrich v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Knapp, Stout & Co. v. St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
- John K. Cummings Realty & Investment Co. v. Deere & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- Gorman v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
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