Ginter-Wardein Co. v. City of Alton

This litigation tests the validity of a contract-ordinance of the city of Alton, which was sustained by the trial court. That court, in accordance with the statute, certified that the validity of a. municipal ordinance was involved and that the public interest required the appeal from its decision to be prosecuted directly to this court, which has been done. To make the situation clear a brief summary of the ordinance and the existing circumstances will be necessary.

As to the circumstances, it appears that the Lewis and Clark bridge across the Mississippi river leaves the city of Alton in a…