Legal Opinion

City of St. Louis v. Spiegel

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided March 23, 1880PublishedCited by 9 opinions

. Appeal from .the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction . cited : Adams v. Lindell, 5 Mo. App.' 197 ; St. Louis v. Jackson, 25 Mo. 37 ; St. Louis v. Weber, 44 Mo. 547 ; St. Louis v. Green, 7 Mo. App. 468. The ordinance is not authorized by the City Charter, and is without warrant of law. — St. Louis v. Sternberg, 4 Mo. App. 453; Savannah v. Hartridge, 8 Ga. 23;.Mays v. Cincinnati, 1 Ohio St. 273; St. Louis v. Trust Go., 47 Mo. 153; St. Louis v. Green, 7 Mo.

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. Appeal from .the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction . cited : Adams v. Lindell, 5 Mo. App.' 197 ; St. Louis v. Jackson, 25 Mo. 37 ; St. Louis v. Weber, 44 Mo. 547 ; St. Louis v. Green, 7 Mo. App. 468. The ordinance is not authorized by the City Charter, and is without warrant of law. — St. Louis v. Sternberg, 4 Mo. App. 453; Savannah v. Hartridge, 8 Ga. 23;.Mays v. Cincinnati, 1 Ohio St. 273; St. Louis v. Trust Go., 47 Mo. 153; St. Louis v. Green, 7 Mo. App. 468 ; St. Louis v. Laughlin, 49 Mo. 562. “ The power to license and regulate particular branches of business or matters is usually…

1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.

■ Defendant was convicted, in the First District Police Court-of St. Louis, of violatingthe meat-shop ordinance of that city, bj carrying on a meat-shop business, at 921 Market Street, without a license. On appeal to the Court of Criminal Correction, defendant moved to dismiss, on the ground that-the provision under which he was convicted- conflicts with *480the Constitution of the State. The motion was sustained. The only question urged in this court is the validity of the ordinance.

The ordinance provides that no person shall keep a meat-shop in St. Louis without a license from the city. The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis v. WeberSupreme Court of Missouri · 1869
  2. City of St. Louis v. SternbergSupreme Court of Missouri · 1879
  3. City of St. Louis v. GreenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
  4. American Union Express Co. v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. City of St. Louis v. United Railways Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1915
  2. City of Cape Girardeau v. Fred A. Groves Motor Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1940
  3. City of Lamar v. WeidmanMissouri Court of Appeals · 1894
  4. City of Lamar v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Kansas · 1901
  5. Dawson v. QuillenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1895

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