City of St. Louis v. Dreisoerner
Citation | 147 S.W. 998 |
Parties | CITY OF ST. LOUIS v. DREISOERNER. |
Decision Date | 31 May 1912 |
Court | Missouri Supreme Court |
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction; Wilson Taylor, Judge.
Proceeding by the City of St. Louis against Henry Dreisoerner for violating a city ordinance. From a judgment finding defendant guilty and assessing a fine, he appeals. Reversed.
Defendant is the owner of a 2½-story brick building on Arsenal street, within 600 feet of Tower Grove Park, in the city of St. Louis. The building was erected under a permit issued by the building commissioner on October 29, 1907. The testimony tends to show that, subsequent to the ordinance hereinafter referred to, it was used by defendant for making altars, chancels, and carved wood, such as are used in churches; that the material of which these articles were constructed was prepared at planing mills and delivered at the residence of defendant; that he maintained there three saws, propelled by an electric motor, which were used in adapting the material for the purposes had in view; that he employed on an average of six men to assist in this work, which was conducted and carried on after the adoption of an ordinance enacted by the municipal assembly of the city of St. Louis on the 19th of November, 1907, to wit:
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