City of Springfield v. Stevens

[452]

ELLISON, J.

This case, founded on an ordinance of the City of Springfield, was argued and submitted in Division I of this court at the April session, where an opinion was prepared by Dalton, C. It failed of adoption, two of the judges in that Division having concurred and two dissented. For that reason it was transferred to the court en banc, and submitted at the present October session on the briefs, without oral argument. We have appellate jurisdiction under Art. V, Sec. 3, Const. Mo. 1945, because a constitutional question is involved, the appellate contending the ordinance violates…