City of St. Louis v. Cavanaugh

Defendant was prosecuted and convicted in City Court No. 1 of the City of St. Louis for the violation of an ordinance requiring the payment of tolls on the Douglas MacArthur Bridge (formerly Municipal Bridge), which extends across the Mississippi River between the State of Missouri and the State of Illinois. A fine in the sum of fifty dollars was assessed. On appeal, the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction sustained the defendant's motion to quash the information and discharged the defendant. The trial court held that the Board of Aldermen of the City was without authority to enact an…