Henderson v. Koenig
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) (a) A void law is no law' — ex nihilo, nihil fit.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — No». D. D. Fisher, Judge. (1) (a) A void law is no law' — ex nihilo, nihil fit. Ex parte Nielson, 131 U. S. 182; Strong v. Daniel, 5 Ind. 348;. Sumner v. Beeler, 50 Ind. 341; Astrom v. Hammond, 3 McLean (U. S.) 107; Woolsey v. Bank, 6 McLean (U. S.) 142; Detroit v. Martin, 34 Mich. 170; Kelly v. Bemis, 4 Gray 83; Clark v. Miller, 54 N. Y. 528; Meagher v. Storey Co., 5 Nev. 244; Ex parte Rosenblatt, 19 Nev. 439; Ex parte Siebold, 100 U. S. 371; Ex parte Smith, 135 Mo. 223; Cooley Const. Lim. (6 Ed.), 222; Couch v. Kansas City, 127 Mo. 438; Douglas v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The original petition in this case was a suit in equity to prevent the defendant Koenig from collecting and paying into the treasury of the city of St. Louis fees allowed by statute to the probate judge for the transaction of probate business in the city of St. Louis, and to prevent the city of St. Louis from receiving such moneys, on the ground that the Act of March 20,1897, providing that the judge of said probate court of the city of St. Louis should thereafter receive a salary instead of the fees allowed by the statute, was unconstitutional and void. To that bill a demurrer was interposed…
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