80 Mo. App. 579 | Mo. Ct. App. | 1899
The plaintiff was elected marshal of the defendant city for two terms, beginning the fourth of May, 1894, and ending the fourth of May, 1898, and received for his services as such the compensation allowed by an ordinance enacted by the city council April 5, 1892. The defendant was originally incorporated under a special act approved December 16, 1845 (see local acts 1855, pages 299-310), which, and the acts amendatory thereto, was amended and consolidated into one-act by a special act approved March 30, 1874.