Kansas City v. Marsh Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles L. Dobson, Judge. (1) The legislative power in Missouri is vested in the General Assembly, and can not be delegated to or exercised by the people. State ex rel. Maggard v. Pond, 93 Mo. 632; State v. Field, 17 Mo. 529; Lammert v. Lidwell, 62 Mo. 191; State ex rel. v. Francis, 95 Mo. 49; State v. City of Orange, 36 Atl. Rep. 707. (2) Kansas City is not a ‘‘political subdivision” of this State, as is the city of St. Louis.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Charles L. Dobson, Judge. (1) The legislative power in Missouri is vested in the General Assembly, and can not be delegated to or exercised by the people. State ex rel. Maggard v. Pond, 93 Mo. 632; State v. Field, 17 Mo. 529; Lammert v. Lidwell, 62 Mo. 191; State ex rel. v. Francis, 95 Mo. 49; State v. City of Orange, 36 Atl. Rep. 707. (2) Kansas City is not a ‘‘political subdivision” of this State, as is the city of St. Louis. Kansas City v. Neal, 122 Mo. 232; St. Louis v. Robinson, 55 Mo. App. 246; St. Charles v. Hackman, 133 Mo. 641. (3) The…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Jackson county in a proceeding instituted and prosecuted to condemn real estate to widen a street, .under and by authority of article 10 of the charter of Kansas City, as amended June 6, 1895, in the manner provided by section 16, of article 9, of the Constitution of Missouri, authorizing any city having a population of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants to frame a charter for its own government, and thereafter amend the same by a proposal therefor made by the law making authority of such city, and duly published and accepted…
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