State ex rel. Gavigan v. Dierkes
Supreme Court of Missouri
Transferred’from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The House of Delegates had the power, hy means of a committee, to make the investigation which resulted in the employment of relator. Charter, art. 3, see. 31; In re Dunn, 9 Mo. App. 255; sec. 1314 * Rev. Mun.
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Transferred’from St. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The House of Delegates had the power, hy means of a committee, to make the investigation which resulted in the employment of relator. Charter, art. 3, see. 31; In re Dunn, 9 Mo. App. 255; sec. 1314 * Rev. Mun. Code City of St. Louis, 1901. (2) (a) The express grant of power thus conferred upon the House hy the charter, carries with it, hy necessary implication, the right to employ all such means as may he requisite or needful to make the grant or power effect.ual, and to carry it into execution. G-roner v. City Council of Portsmouth, 77 Ya.…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
On October 30, 1903, the House of Delegates of the city of St. Louis passed a resolution authorizing the appointment of a special committee *582of five from that body for the purpose of investigating the returns of property as made for taxation, and by this resolution the said committee was authorized to appoint a clerk at a salary of not more than $200 pei* month and one or more attorneys at a salary of not more than $350' per month each. This committee was appointed November 6, 1903, and the relator was named as its clerk, and under the evidence performed the work of a clerk for the committee.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Crutchfield v. City of WarrensburgMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
- Woolfolk v. Randolph CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Inhabitants of Schell City v. L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1890
- Taylor v. School District No. 3, Township 38, Range 32Missouri Court of Appeals · 1895
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- Municipal Securities Corp. v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1915
- Hawkins v. CoxSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
- Metz v. WarrickMissouri Court of Appeals · 1925
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