City of St. Louis v. Spiegel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from 81. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The power to “ license and regulate ” is a police power for the purpose of regulation only, and cannot be used for the purpose of obtaining revenue, or as a basis for taxation. If the ordinances passed in pursuance of this authority are, in effect, revenue measures, they are illegal. City of St. Louis x. Boatmen's Insurance Co., 47 Mo. 150 ; City of St. Louis x. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559, 564; Express Company x.
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Appeal from 81. Louis Court of Appeals. (1) The power to “ license and regulate ” is a police power for the purpose of regulation only, and cannot be used for the purpose of obtaining revenue, or as a basis for taxation. If the ordinances passed in pursuance of this authority are, in effect, revenue measures, they are illegal. City of St. Louis x. Boatmen's Insurance Co., 47 Mo. 150 ; City of St. Louis x. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 559, 564; Express Company x. City of St. Joseph, 66 Mo. 675, 680 ; State x. New Brunswick, 43 N. J. Law, 175; Muhlenbrinck x. Commissioners, 42 N. J. Law, 346 ; Railroad x.…
1Opinion of the Court
Sheiíwood, J.—
The defendant was prosecuted in *591the first district police court of St. Louis, for violating sections 1 and 4, of article 3, of chapter 23, of the revised ordinances of the city, approved March 29, 1881, as amended by ordinance 12,508, approved J uly 21, 1883, by keeping a meat shop without a license. The case was tried in the police court on November 6, 1883, and the ■defendant was found guilty and adjudged to pay a fine of fifty dollars and costs. He appealed to the St. Louis court of criminal correction, where the case was tried anew and the defendant was discharged. The city…
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- City of St. Louis v. SpiegelMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
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