City of St. Louis v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) Section 1, article 17, chapter 14, of the Revised Ordinances of the city of St. Louis, 1881, and ordinance 12.179, are valid and binding ordinances, and were properly and legally adopted by the city of St. Louis in pursuance of paragraph 14, section 26, of article 3, of the city charter, and as a part of the power given to the city by the legislature to make police regulations, designed to promote the good government, health and…
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Appeal from, St. Louis City Circuit Court. (1) Section 1, article 17, chapter 14, of the Revised Ordinances of the city of St. Louis, 1881, and ordinance 12.179, are valid and binding ordinances, and were properly and legally adopted by the city of St. Louis in pursuance of paragraph 14, section 26, of article 3, of the city charter, and as a part of the power given to the city by the legislature to make police regulations, designed to promote the good government, health and welfare of the city. In re Coddard, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 504; Railroad v. Cambridge, 11 Allen (Mass.) 287; Kirby v. Market…
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the circuit court sustaining a demurrer to plaintiff’s petition. The causé of action set up in the petition is that the plaintiff by the final judgment of the circuit court of the city of St. Louis was compelled to pay one, Mattie C. Norton, the sum of $1,291.18 damages and costs for injuries received by her from a fall in passing over a sidewalk on Locust street in said city in front of defendant’s property, made dangerous and unsafe by an accumulation of snow and ice thereon which the defendant suffered and allowed to remain, in violation of the city…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Flynn v. Canton Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
- Norton v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- Moore v. . GadsdenNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- City of Chicago v. O'BrienIllinois Supreme Court · 1884
- City of Keokuk v. Independent DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
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