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· 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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