Legal Opinion
Conway v. City of St. Louis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 1, 1881PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to the St. Louis Circuit Court, Boyle, J. The State ex rel. v. Sutton, 3 Mo. App. 388.
1Opinion of the Court
Bakewell, J.,
delivered .the opinion .of the court.
The Scheme and Charter provided for by sects. 20 and 21 of Art. IX. of the Constitution of 1875 were ratified by a majority of the legal voters voting- at the election of August 22,1876, provided for in sect. 20, and were thus made a law, the Scheme becoming the organic law of the county, and city of St. Louis, and superseding the Charter of St. Louis from October 22, 1876, the date fixed in the Constitution. The fact was not, however, known or officially certified until long after the next November election ; and for months after the Scheme…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Adams v. LindellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1878
3Cited by4 opinions
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