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FISCHER v. ST. LOUIS

No. 204.

194 U.S. 361 (1904)

FISCHER v. ST. LOUIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis A. Steber, with whom Mr. J.E. McKeighan was on the brief, for plaintiff in error in No. 204; Mr. G.N. Fickeissen, with whom Mr. J.D. Johnson was on the brief, for plaintiff in error in No. 62, which involved the same ordinance, and was argued simultaneously with this case.

Mr. William F. Woerner, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bates and Mr. C.R. Skinker were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The authority of the city of St. Louis to adopt the ordinance in question is found in the Revised Statutes of the State, (1899, pp. 2486 and 2488,) which declares: "The mayor and assembly shall have power, within the city, by ordinance not inconsistent with the Constitution, or any law of this State, or of this charter, .. . to ....

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