Miller v. Town of Syracuse
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Kosciusko Circuit Court; L. W. Boyse, Judge. Prosecution by the Town of Syracuse against Lewis Miller. Erom a judgment of conviction, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
Appellant was convicted of violating an ordinance of the town of Syracuse, which prohibited the keeping of hogs in a pen within the corporate limits when within two hundred feet of a street or alley of the town.
The only error assigned is the overruling of appellant’s demurrer to the amended complaint.
The sufficiency of the complaint is attacked upon the ground that the provisions of the ordinance upon which it is based are too broad and sweeping to be a valid exercise of the police power.
1. Section 4357 Burns 1901, §3333 R. S. 1881, confers upon the board of trustees of an incorporated town…
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