City of Chillicothe v. Brown
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from, the Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. (1) Section 14, of ordinance number 19, revised ordinances of the city of Chillicothe, Missouri, was a lawful exercise of the power given to the city by its charter, which gives the city the right “to regulate, license and restrain runners for cars, stages and public houses.” See subdivision twelfth, of section 2 of article 4 of the city charter, in relation to the legislative powers of the city council.
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Appeal from, the Livingston Circuit Court. — Hon. J. M. Davis, Judge. (1) Section 14, of ordinance number 19, revised ordinances of the city of Chillicothe, Missouri, was a lawful exercise of the power given to the city by its charter, which gives the city the right “to regulate, license and restrain runners for cars, stages and public houses.” See subdivision twelfth, of section 2 of article 4 of the city charter, in relation to the legislative powers of the city council. St. Johnsbury v. Thompson, 9 Atl. Rep. 571. ■ (2) The court committed error, in permitting the defendant and witnesses to…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J. —
The defendant was tried and convicted in the circuit court of Livingston county on a complaint in which it was alleged that he' had violated “an ordinance (of the city of Chiilicothe) regulating omnibuses and other vehicles and xiorters and runners.” The ordinance provided that “No porter or hotel runner shall, at any time, while engaged in his employment, solicit the custom or patronage of any traveler, *613or other person or persons, for any public house, hotel, railroad or public conveyance at the depot or the platform of any railroad depot within the corporate limits of the city…
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