City of St. Louis v. Herthel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Qourt of Appeals. The charter of the city of St. Louis does not confer upon the municipal assembly any authority to tax architects, and the ordinance upon which this prosecution is based is, therefore, void so far as it concerns those who pursue the calling of an architect', (a) Architects are. not specifically named in the ordinance as objects of taxation. The power to tax must be derived, therefore,, from the general words following the enumeration.
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Appeal from St. Louis Qourt of Appeals. The charter of the city of St. Louis does not confer upon the municipal assembly any authority to tax architects, and the ordinance upon which this prosecution is based is, therefore, void so far as it concerns those who pursue the calling of an architect', (a) Architects are. not specifically named in the ordinance as objects of taxation. The power to tax must be derived, therefore,, from the general words following the enumeration. But it is familiar law that where general words follow an. enumeration of specific things, they are restricted in their…
1Opinion of the CourtNorton, J.
The defendant was prosecuted for conducting in the city of St. Louis the business of an architect without first having taken ont a license as provided in an ordinance of said city. Judgment was rendered against him, which, on appeal to the St. Louis court of appeals, was affirmed, from which he has appealed to this court, and the only question involved ,in the appeal is the validity of the ordinance of the city which provides “that it shall not be lawful for any person to exercise within this city the business of * * * architect without a license therefor.”
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