City of Bethany v. Custer

The controversy herein arose by the city of Bethany, Missouri, filing a complaint in the police court of that city, seeking to recover the sum of one hundred ($100) dollars from Cora Custer, on the ground that said Cora, in violation of certain numbered sections designated as “Ordinances, of the city of Bethany, entitled revising the ordinances of the city of Bethany, Missouri.”

The complainant alleges due adoption of the ordinances by the city, but is silent as to the subject-matter of the said ordinances. There is shown a. complaint, which is in words and phrases as follows (clerical…