State v. Butler
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Ron. Jno. Á. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The ordinance upon which depended the authority of the board of health is void. First. It is void because the contract being for public work, the ordinance should have emanated from the Board of Public Improvements, and should have provided for the letting of the contract by such board. Charter St. Louis, art. 6, sec. 27; State ex rel. v. Barlow, 48 Mo. 17; Cole, v. Skrainka, 37 Mo.
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Appeal from Boone Circuit Court. — Ron. Jno. Á. Hockaday, Judge. (1) The ordinance upon which depended the authority of the board of health is void. First. It is void because the contract being for public work, the ordinance should have emanated from the Board of Public Improvements, and should have provided for the letting of the contract by such board. Charter St. Louis, art. 6, sec. 27; State ex rel. v. Barlow, 48 Mo. 17; Cole, v. Skrainka, 37 Mo. App. 433; Id., 105 Mo. 303; City v. Gleason, 89 Mo. 67; State ex rel. v. City, 161 Mo. 371. Second. It is void because under the charter the…
1Opinion of the CourtFox, J.
The indictment in this cause was filed in the circuit court of the city of St. Louis on April 5, 1902. Judge O’Neill Ryan granted the defendant a change of venue from the Eighth Judicial Circuit, and transferred the case to the circuit court of Boone county, where it came on for trial on November 10, 1902.
The indictment charged the defendant with attempting to bribe Dr. Henry N. Chapman, a. member of the Board of Health of St. Louis, by offering him $2,500 if he would vote, as a member of said board, to accept the bid of the St. Louis Sanitary Company for the reduction of the garbage of the…
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- People v. MarkhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
- Ex parte SnyderSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Glover v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Bliven v. New England Screw Company.Supreme Court of the United States · 1860
- Eichenlaub v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
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