· 10/15/1882
Compton v. Parsons
Citations
- 76 Mo. 455
How courts have described this case
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- explaining that a municipal ordinance must be framed in terms 8 sufficiently clear that an average person after reading will understand when provisions are violated
- “[T]he provision in question fails to meet the standard of clarity required of municipal ordinances . . . .”
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Judges: Sherwood
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