City of St. Louis v. Christian Bros. College
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. C. C. Allen, Judge. (1) Tbe passage of the ordinance authorizing the city counselor to cause Kingshighway to he established as a boulevard, is not a condemnation of the property-described in the ordinance.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Eon. C. C. Allen, Judge. (1) Tbe passage of the ordinance authorizing the city counselor to cause Kingshighway to he established as a boulevard, is not a condemnation of the property-described in the ordinance. Mining Co. v. City of Joplin, 124 Mo. 138; City v. Hill, 116 Mo. 527; St. Louis v. Dorr, 145 Mo. 485; 3 Dillon on Municipal Corporations (5 Ed.), p. 1640, sec. 1036; 2 Lewis on Eminent Domain (3 Ed.), p. 911, sec. 505, and p. 913, sec. 506; Secs. 1 and 2, art. 6, Charter of St. Louis. (2) Whatever the English rule may be, the well established…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Action to widen street. From a judgment for defendants plaintiff appeals.
In the city of St. Louis there has existed for many years a thoroughfare extending from Easton avenue to Penrose street, known as “Kingshighway Boulevard,” which is not a boulevard in fact, but a street. Said street probably traverses other parts of said city, but that fact is not pertinent to the issues before us.
*548On March 27, 1907, the legislative department of St. Lonis enacted, in due form, an ordinance having for. its purpose the making of a real boulevard out of said Kingshighway Boulevard. This ordinance will…
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