City of St. Louis v. Russell
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL from St. Louis Circuit Court. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The legislative power vested by the Constitution in the General Assembly is absolute over all matters of domestic government, unless restrained by provisions contained in the State or National constitution. 2. The State Constitution imposes no restriction upon the power of the General Assembly in this respect. 1 Tucker’s Commentaries, 162-3-4. 3. The incorporation of cities being a legislative grant of political…
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APPEAL from St. Louis Circuit Court. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. The legislative power vested by the Constitution in the General Assembly is absolute over all matters of domestic government, unless restrained by provisions contained in the State or National constitution. 2. The State Constitution imposes no restriction upon the power of the General Assembly in this respect. 1 Tucker’s Commentaries, 162-3-4. 3. The incorporation of cities being a legislative grant of political power, creating a civil institution to be employed in the administration of the government, is a matter in which the…
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, J.
Russell filed his bill in the circuit court of St. Louis county, praying *507an injunction to restrain the city from selling his land for city taxes. The facts upon which he based his right to enjoin, are stated to be these: Russell purchased a tract of land lying adjoining the city of St. Louis about the year 1828, of which he then took possession, and has occupied and cultivated as a farm ever since. In 1822 the charter of St. Louis defined the boundaries of the city, and those boundaries continued unchanged until 1839, when another charter was obtained from the legislature, by which the…
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