143 Mo. 493 | Mo. | 1898
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jasper county in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,224.60, from which the defendant appeals.
The defendant is a city of the fourth class. By section 4940, article Y, chapter 89, Revised Statutes 1879, such cities were authorized by ordinance “to prevent and extinguish fires” and “to pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with this article, as may be expedient in maintaining the peace and good government, health and welfare of the city, its trade, commerce and manufactures.” By section 951, article IX, chapter 21, Revised Statutes 1879, any corporation
The only question in the case on the appeal is whether under the statute the defendant city had the power to make the contract. The amount claimed in the petition filed November 12, 1894, is $1,087.50 and interest at the rate of five per cent per annum. It does not appear from the record that any question “involving the construction of the Constitution of the United States or of this State,” or “involving the title to real estate,” is raised for determination; and as Webb City is not a political sub-division of the State, this case is within the appellate jurisdiction of the Kansas City Court of Appeals. Const., art. YI, sec. 12; Parker v. Zeisler, 139 Mo. 298. It is therefore ordered that this cause be transferred to that court.