City of St. Louis v. McCoy
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. McCoy was taken before the recorder of the city of St. Louis and fined five hundred dollars, for a violation of a city ordinance establishing quarantine regulations. He appealed to the Criminal Court, where the action of the recorder was affirmed, and he appealed to this court.
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Appeal from St. Louis Criminal Court. McCoy was taken before the recorder of the city of St. Louis and fined five hundred dollars, for a violation of a city ordinance establishing quarantine regulations. He appealed to the Criminal Court, where the action of the recorder was affirmed, and he appealed to this court. The violation of the ordinance was admitted, but the defendant denied the power of the city to make such an ordinance, contending that it was repugnant to the constitution of the United States and void. The ordinance is as follows : An ordinance amendatory of ordinance number…
1Opinion of the Court
Ryt,aNn, Judge,
delivered the opinion of the court.
1. In this case the question which the defendant, by his counsel, raised for the adjudication of this court, does not deny the authority and power of the city to make quarantine regula*242tions, for the preservation of the health of its citizens, but, admitting that power, contends^ that the present regulations are unconstitutional and void. There can be no doubt that the state has, as a sovereign power, full authority to regulate its own internal police ; to make laws tending to guard and protect the inhabitants from the danger of contagious or…
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