City of St. Louis v. St. Louis Theatre Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Special Judge. (1) Whatever right the defendant had, if any, to the use of the- street on which its property abutted was subject to the police power of the State as delegated to the city. 2 Dillon on Municipal Corporations (4 Ed.), sec. 656 a; Allen v. Boston, 159' Mass. 335; Loth v. Columbia Theatre Co., 94 S. W. 847; Westport v. Mulholland, 84 Mo.
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Error to St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Hon. E. M. Hughes, Special Judge. (1) Whatever right the defendant had, if any, to the use of the- street on which its property abutted was subject to the police power of the State as delegated to the city. 2 Dillon on Municipal Corporations (4 Ed.), sec. 656 a; Allen v. Boston, 159' Mass. 335; Loth v. Columbia Theatre Co., 94 S. W. 847; Westport v. Mulholland, 84 Mo. App>. 319, 159 Mo. 86; State ex rel. v. Murphy, 130 Mo. 10; Fertilizing Co. v. Hyde Park, 97 U. S. 650; Stuyvesant v. Mayor, N. Y., 7 Cowen 603; Salem v. Maynes, 123 Mass. 372.…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This cause originated in the First District Police Court of the city of St. Louis by statement in language, as follows :
“State of Missouri, City of St. Louis, ss.
“City of St. Louis, Missouri, May 28, A. D. 1902.
“St. Louis Theatre Company, a corporation,
“To the City of St. Louis, Dr.
“To five hundred dollars, for the violation of an ordinance of said city, entitled, ‘An Ordinance in revision of the General Ordinances of the City of St. Louis,’ being Ordinance Number 19991, section 1157, as amended by Ordinance No. 20529, approved December 1, 1901, and section 1184, approved April 3, 1900.
“In…
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