City of St. Paul v. Peck
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant was charged in the municipal court of St. Paul with violation of Ordinance No. 2042 as amended by Ordinance No. 2059 of the city of St. Paul. The case was tried before Hiñe, J., and resulted in a judgment of conviction, from which defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
Laws 1895, c. 203, authorizes the city council of any city to provide by ordinance for the inspection of milk of dairies and of dairy herds kept for the production of milk within its limits, and to issue licenses for the sale of such milk therein. Under this authority the city council of the city of St. Paul duly passed and enacted an ordinance providing for such inspection, and imposing an inspection fee of 50 cents for each animal inspected, to be paid by the owner of the animal at the time of inspection. The defendant owns a dairy herd, and is engaged in the business of selling milk within…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
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