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Glasgow v. St. Louis

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1891PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Si-iepaed Barclay, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs’ rights in the vacated street are property, ana the act of the city in vacating the street without providing compensation therefor to the plaintiffs constitutes a taking within a constitutional prohibition.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Si-iepaed Barclay, Judge. (1) Plaintiffs’ rights in the vacated street are property, ana the act of the city in vacating the street without providing compensation therefor to the plaintiffs constitutes a taking within a constitutional prohibition. Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co., 13 Wall. 166 ; Angelí on Water-Co arses [ 6 Ed.] sec. 465a, p. 639; Hooker v. Co., 14 Conn. 146; Rowe v. Bridge Co., 21 Rick. 344; Appraisers v. People, 17 Wend. 604; Arnold v. Railroad, 55 N. Y. 661; Council v. Croas, 7 Ind. 9 ; Tate v. Railroad, 7 Ind. 479. (2) The city of…

1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.

William Glasgow, AnnE. Lane, W. G. Haydock and the St. Louis Paint Manufacturing Company brought this- suit against the city of St. Louis, the mayor thereof, Messrs. Shickle, Harrison and Howard, and the Shickle, Harrison & Howard Iron Company, a corporation, to enjoin them from carrying into execution ordinance 14068 vacating that part of Poplar street, between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets. The circuit court dissolved the temporary injunction and dismissed the petition, and from that judgment the plaintiff appealed.

Twelfth street runs north and south, and the next parallel streets to the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Rude v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
  3. State v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  4. Cummings v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
  5. DeReamer v. Pacific Express Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1884

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Dantzer v. Indianapolis Union Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1894
  2. Buhl v. Fort Street Union Depot Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
  3. Barber Asphalt Paving Co. v. FrenchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1900
  4. Peters v. BucknerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1921
  5. Ponischil v. Hoquiam Sash & Door Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906

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