City of St. Louis v. McCann
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Mon. David Murphy, Judge. (1) There never was moral merit in actions of this sort at any place or in any period of tbe world. There is no legal merit for such in this age and State.
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction. — Mon. David Murphy, Judge. (1) There never was moral merit in actions of this sort at any place or in any period of tbe world. There is no legal merit for such in this age and State. The prosecution herein is grossly lawless, predatory and destructive of the natural right of defendant given him by Cod, and for the conservation and security of which to him as to the like right of all persons in the State, government in the State was organized. It is time, at this stage of enlightenment and civilization and in this free republic, either that…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This action was begun in tbe city of St. Louis, August 24, 1897, by summons from tbe first district police court of that city. Tbe charge was that defendant conducted a real estate business in said city in 1896 and 1897 without having a license to so do, contrary to sections 1480, 1481 and 1482, article 8, chapter 38, entitled “Eev-enue,” of the Eevised Ordinances of said city, approved April 7, 1893.
The sections referred to read as follows:
“Section 1480. — Every person or firm composed of one or more persons, who shall act as agent for any party in tbe leasing, renting or selling of bouse or…
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