City of St. Louis v. Atlantic Quarry & Construction Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Court of Criminal Correction. — Ron, R. N. Moore, Judge. The ordinance on which this proceeding is based is unconstitutional. In re Kelso, 147 Cal. 609 ; 2 Dillon on Mun. C'orp.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Court of Criminal Correction. — Ron, R. N. Moore, Judge. The ordinance on which this proceeding is based is unconstitutional. In re Kelso, 147 Cal. 609 ; 2 Dillon on Mun. C'orp. (5 Ed.), see. 695, p. 1061; Charter of St. Louis, art. 3, sec. 34; C'otting v. Stock Yards, 183 U. S. 112; Soon Hing v. Crowley, 183-U. S. 709; State v. Bixman, 162 Mo. 71; St. Louis v. Spiegel, 90 Mo. 587; St. Louis v. Spiegel, 75 Mo. 145. The city of St. Louis has- the power to prescribe the conditions upon which a stone quarry may be operated; the provision in the ordinance in question…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, C.
This cause was instituted in the first district police court of the city of St. Louis, August 15, 1905, by filing the following statement:
“Atlantic Quarry & Construction Co., a'corporation,
“To the city of St. Louis, Dr.,
“To five hundred — no-100 dollars, for the violation of an ordinance of said city, entitled “An Ordinance in revision of the General Ordinance of the City *481of St. Louis,” being ordinance number 19991, section 615', approved April 3, 1900.
“In this, to-wit: In tbe city of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, on tbe 8th day of August, 1905, and on divers other days andl…
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