CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUEL CORPORATION

No. 11087.

97 F.2d 726 (1938)

CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUEL CORPORATION.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 5, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oliver Senti, of St. Louis, Mo. (Edgar H. Wayman, John G. Burkhardt, Michael J. Ebeling and Francis Finley, all of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellant.

Frank H. Sullivan and Hugh H. Sullivan, both of St. Louis, Mo. (William O. Reeder and Ralph T. Finley, both of St. Louis, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, SANBORN, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

The City of St. Louis, Missouri, is here appealing from a decree of the district court declaring the city's ordinance No. 40787, as applied to appellee and its business, illegal and void, and perpetually enjoining the city from demanding the taxes sought to be imposed upon appellee thereunder.

Ordinance No. 40787 was enacted by the Board of Aldermen of the City March 19, 1936, and was approved by the Mayor and, by its terms, became effective...

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