Moss v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
-Gertiorari to the city justice of the city of St. Paul, by whom a judgment for twenty dollars and costs had been rendered against defendant, in a suit brought by the city to* recover that amount, as a penalty for doing business as an insurance agent in the city, without a license from the city.
1Opinion of the Court
Berry, J.1
The revised charter of the city of St. Paul, (ch. 26, Sp. Laws 1868,) provided in § 3, sub-chap. 4, “that the common council of said city shall have authority, by ordinance, * * *' to license and regulate * * * insurance officers and insurance agencies,” *' * * (among numerous other things,) “provided * * *' that not less than five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, shall be required to be paid for any license.” Section 28, title 3, ch. 1, Laws 1872,' enacted that “all insurance companies doing business in this state, under the provisions of this act,” shall pay two per…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Prince v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1872
3Cited by4 opinions
- Gaston v. MerriamSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Hurst v. Town of MartinsburgSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
- State ex rel. Ketcham v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- State ex rel. School District No. 51 v. BailerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903