City of St. Louis v. Baskowitz
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Eon. Victor E. Falkenhainer, Judge. (1) Where the provisions of an ordinance are so interwoven and connected as to he interdependent, each part having a general influence over the rest, and a particular provision thereof is void, the entire ordinance will he so declared. Kirkwood v. Highlands Co., 94 Mo. App. 637; Hannibal v. Tel. Co., 31 Mo.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Eon. Victor E. Falkenhainer, Judge. (1) Where the provisions of an ordinance are so interwoven and connected as to he interdependent, each part having a general influence over the rest, and a particular provision thereof is void, the entire ordinance will he so declared. Kirkwood v. Highlands Co., 94 Mo. App. 637; Hannibal v. Tel. Co., 31 Mo. App. 23; State ex rel. v. Clifford, 228 Mo. 208; Chicago v. Gunning System, 114 111. App. 377. (2') A city possesses no inherent power to license or to regulate any occupation, or to require the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, J.
The defendant was arrested and prosecuted by the city of St. Louis for the violation of section 1605 of Ordinance No. 24751 of said city, providing for the licensing, regulation and control of junk dealers in said city. From a judgment of conviction in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction the defendant duly appealed the cause to this court.
The section of the ordinance mentioned insofar as . is hei’e material reads:
“Any person or persons engaging in the business of buying, selling or dealing in old junk, metals, *549bottles, syphons, books or other articles usually found in junk shops, and…
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- Thomas v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
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