State v. Scullin-Gallagher Iron & Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Calvin N. Miller, Judge. The act in question is a special law, although a general law might have been made applicable and it, therefore, violates sub-division 32 of section 53 of article 4 of the Constitution of Missouri.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. Calvin N. Miller, Judge. The act in question is a special law, although a general law might have been made applicable and it, therefore, violates sub-division 32 of section 53 of article 4 of the Constitution of Missouri. And since said act, imposes certain burdens upon the owners of foundries, without imposing a similar burden upon other like establishments, where ten or more men are employed, it also violates sub-division 26 of section 53 of article 4. The act also violates section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
— This suit, in the nature of a criminal proceeding, was instituted by information in the *181St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction against the defendant for failing to comply with an act of the General Assembly (Laws 1913, p. 401) requiring foundries to provide for their workmen certain sanitary conveniences described in the act. Upon a trial the defendant was found guilty and fined fifty dollars, from which it appeals. The constitutionality of the act is assailed, hence our jurisdiction. The portion of the act necessary to he considered is as follows:
“Every corporation, company or person in…
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