Legal Opinion
Turner v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided December 3, 1945No. 39540PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The issue for determination is whether an ordinance of the City of Kansas City suppressing and punishing fortune telling as an offense is constitutional and valid. We answer in the affirmative.
Beulah Turner owns and operates a cafe in Kansas City and in connection therewith conducts a business "commonly known as fortune telling" for pay. She instituted this suit to enjoin said City and certain individuals, officers of said City charged with the enforcement of its ordinances, from enforcing the provisions of Ordinance No. 10-14 (quoted in the margin*) prohibiting fortune telling for pay. Her…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Ewing v. HoblitzelleSupreme Court of Missouri · 1884
- Kansas City v. J. I. Case Threshing MacHine Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- Bellerive Investment Co. v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Bluedorn v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1891
- City of St. Louis v. Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Borden Company v. ThomasonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962
- State v. KempSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- King v. PriestSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
- ABC Liquidators, Inc. v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1959
- Carter Carburetor Corp. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
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