City of St. Louis v. Grone

This case was submitted to the court below on an agreed statement of facts, and judgment was rendered for the defendants. The action was for a violation of ordinance No. 7127, entitled “an ordinance amendatory of ordinance No. 6596, concerning public and private vehicles, and authorizing the appointment of two additional vehicle inspectors,” approved February 3, 1870. The first section of this ordinance provides that “all vehicles, public or private, using the streets of the city for trade or traffic, or for any other purpose, no matter whether the owner or owners reside in the city or out of…