City of St. Louis v. St. Louis Gas-Light Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The contract of 1846 is ultra vires, and void. Abbott v. Rubber Co., 33 Barb. 583 ; Bedford B. Co. v. Bowser, 48 Pa. St. 37 ; Blade v. Canal Co., 9 G. E. Green, 467; Collins v. Clay, 33 Me. 132; WardY.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The contract of 1846 is ultra vires, and void. Abbott v. Rubber Co., 33 Barb. 583 ; Bedford B. Co. v. Bowser, 48 Pa. St. 37 ; Blade v. Canal Co., 9 G. E. Green, 467; Collins v. Clay, 33 Me. 132; WardY. Insurance Co., 7 Paige, 294; ZabrisJcie v. Railroad Co.,2> C. E. Green, 183. Besting upon contract alone, the city of St. Louis, if the St. Louis Gas-Light Company refused to appoint arbitrators, could not maintain a bill to have arbitrators or referees or masters appointed by the court to value the gas-works of the St. Louis GasLight Company. — King v.…
1Opinion of the CourtHayden, J.
This is a petition, in the nature of a bill in equity, to enforce specific performance of an obligation alleged to rest upon the appellant to convey to the respondent certain gasworks and property connected with them, which are the subject of the controversy. The original petition was filed against the appellant alone; afterwards an amended petition was filed, making the Laclede Gas-Light Company also a defendant, but as to the latter company the suit was subsequently dismissed. The right of respondent arises from acts of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, which incorporated the…
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