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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Detling v. Edelbrock, 671 S.W.2d 265 (1984)

Citation
Detling v. Edelbrock, 671 S.W.2d 265 (1984)
Parent Document
Detling v. Edelbrock, 671 S.W.2d 265 (1984)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
1984-05-15

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or in substance and legal effect when the claim asserted by the party arises from the ordinance. In the instant case, appellants rely on the ordinances only as evidence of the community’s standard of habitability. It is well-established that ordinances need not be pleaded with specificity when they are used solely for evidentiary purposes. See State ex rel. Wells v. Mayfield, 365 Mo. 238, 281 S.W.2d 9, 13 (banc 1955); Hart v. Skeets, 346 Mo. 1118, 145 S.W.2d 143, 144 (1940); Bailey v. Kansas City, 189 Mo. 503, 87 S.W. 1182, 1186 (1905).