Cox v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. Statement of the Case. This was an action of debt commenced by the City of St. Louis on the 23d day of July, 18-17, in the Recorder’s Court of the City of St. Louis, to recover the sum of five dollars for violating an ordinance prohibiting the use of water from the water-works without a license. The summons issued on the 23d of July, and was made returnable forthwith.
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APPEAL from St. Louis Criminal Court. Statement of the Case. This was an action of debt commenced by the City of St. Louis on the 23d day of July, 18-17, in the Recorder’s Court of the City of St. Louis, to recover the sum of five dollars for violating an ordinance prohibiting the use of water from the water-works without a license. The summons issued on the 23d of July, and was made returnable forthwith. It was returned on the.26th, with this entry, ‘-Executed the within by leaving a true copy of the within at the residence of Isaac Cox in the City of St Louis, this 24th day of July, 1847.…
1Opinion of the CourtScott, J.
Most of the questions presented for the determination of this Court arise upon the construction of the ordinances of the City of St. Louis. These ordinances are not preserved in the bill of exceptions and consequently cannot be noticed. Courts do not take judicial notice of the ordinances of a corporation. The charter of the city prescribes that the ordinances when printed and published by authority of the corporate powers, shall be received in evidence in all courts and places without further proof. This provision does not release a party who relies on an ordinance from the necessity of…
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