City of St. Louis v. Knox
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The case is reported in 6 Mo. App. 247. The information was as follows : “ The State of Missouri, The City of St. Louis, ss.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The case is reported in 6 Mo. App. 247. The information was as follows : “ The State of Missouri, The City of St. Louis, ss. Thomas Knox, to the city of St. Louis,-Dr. to $200, for the violation of an ordinance in relation to stock yard proprietors, sale stables and horse and cattle dealers, being numbered 10367, section 2, approved September 7th, 1877, in this, to-wit: In the city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, on the 14th day of March, 1878, and on divers other days and times between said day and the 7th day of September, 1877, the said Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
Proceedings by information, by the the attorney of the plaintiff, against the defendant, for violation of an ordinance in relation to stock yard proprietors, sale stables, etc., the said Thomas having failed to take out a license as required by that ordinance. The trial resulted in a judgment in favor of plaintiff.
Counsel for defendant seem to regard this as a criminal proceeding, and, therefore, open to every such objection as might be taken were this a proceeding by in dietment. This position is altogether untenable,. The matter set forth in. the information is not a misdemeanor in the…
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