AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

No. 49211.

368 S.W.2d 161 (1963)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., a Corporation, and Delta Air Lines, Inc., a Corporation, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, a Public Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer Denied May 13, 1963.

Motion to Set Aside Order Denying Rehearing or to Transfer Denied June 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerth Thies & Schreiber, Alfred H. Kerth, Clayton, Thompson Mitchell Douglas & Neill, James M. Douglas, Richard P. Conerly, W. Stanley Walch, St. Louis, for respondents, American Airlines, Inc., and Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Thomas J. Neenan, City Counselor, Thomas F. McGuire, Assoc. City Counselor, John J. Fitzgibbon, Asst. City Counselor, St. Louis, for appellant City of St. Louis.

William E. Gallagher, County Counselor of St. Louis County, Walter H. Smith, First Asst. County Counselor, Warren H. Ritchhart, Asst. County Counselor, Norman C. Parker, County Counselor of St. Louis County, Gerald J. Bamberger, Asst. County Counselor, for appellants County of St. Louis and James Frank Bell, Collector.


Motion to Set Aside Order Denying Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied June 11, 1963.

Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Court En Banc Denied May 13, 1963.

PAUL VAN OSDOL, Special Commissioner.

This case treats with questions of the effect and validity of Chapter 155, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., pertaining to the taxation of "aircraft" of an "airline company" as in Section 155.010 defined, and particularly with the effect and validity of a...

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