City of St. Paul v. Gilfillan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the municipal court of St. Paul, convicting him of violation of a city ordinance and imposing a fine of $100.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanderburgh, J.1
An ordinance was adopted and passed by the city council of St. Paul, February 16, 1886, declaring the emission of dense smoke from the smoke-stack of any boat or locomotive, or from any chimney, anywhere in the city, a public nuisance; and pro- • viding that the owner or occupant of any building who shall permit dense smoke to issue from the chimney of such building, within the corporate limits, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined, etc. The defendant was charged, upon complaint before the municipal court, with a violation of the ordinance, in that he permitted…
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