Baker v. City of St. Louis

On February 25, 1832, Peter Lindell and Jesse G. Lin-dell conveyed to the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of St. Louis a strip of ground of the uniform width of thirty feet and nine inches, lying across the west front of block 67, extending from Christy Avenue to Morgan Street, and bounded on the west by Third Street or Broadway. The deed contained the conditions following: —

“ The foregoing release is made on the condition and' for the purpose of so widening Third Street as to give sufficient space for the new market-house in the north ward of said city, in pursuance of an ordinance…