City of St. Louis v. Hill
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. J. R. Claiborne, Judge. The defendant was arrested upon an information lodged against him in the first district police court of St. Louis, for violating ordinance 16450 of the plaintiff city, relating to “Forest Park boulevard,” the sections of which ordinance material to the consideration of this case are as follows: “Section 1. That certain public highway, known as ‘Forest Park boulevard,’ and extending from Grand…
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Appeal from, St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction.— Hon. J. R. Claiborne, Judge. The defendant was arrested upon an information lodged against him in the first district police court of St. Louis, for violating ordinance 16450 of the plaintiff city, relating to “Forest Park boulevard,” the sections of which ordinance material to the consideration of this case are as follows: “Section 1. That certain public highway, known as ‘Forest Park boulevard,’ and extending from Grand avehue to King’s highway, is established as aboulevard.” “Sec. 4. All houses or buildings hereafter to be erected on…
1Opinion of the CourtShekwood, J.
As already disclosed by the record, the constitutionality of what is commonly known as the “Boulevard Law,” is called in question by this appeal.
The provisions of the organic law cited by defendant as pertinent to this controversy are these:
“Sec. 21. That private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation. Such compensation shall be ascertained *533by a jury or board of commissioners of not less than three freeholders, in such manner as may be prescribed by law; and until the same shall be paid to the owner or into court for the owner, the property shall not…
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