Toyota v. Territory of Hawaii
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. The facts are stated in the opinion. The power of the legislature pf Hawaii under the Organic Act to .license the occupation of auctioneer is conceded.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII. The facts are stated in the opinion. The power of the legislature pf Hawaii under the Organic Act to .license the occupation of auctioneer is conceded. Itá power to do so by a law like that in question here, where auctioneers'in the Territory are classified arbitrarily, with regard to locality, and with utter disregard to amount of population or amount of business done, is denied: In the cáse of Trust Company v. Treasurer, 19 Hawaii, 262, the Supreme Court judicially determined the numerical population of the various taxing districts, as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
delivered the’opinion of the court.
The plaintiff in error wás -convicted in. the District Court’ofTIonolulu,.Hawaii, of the offense of selling goods, at auction,' in Honolulu, without an auctioneer’s license, and was sentenced to pay a fine of six hundred, dollars and costs. The Supreme Court affirmed-the,conviction, and the; case comes here on error..Tn. order tq obtain a license-for auction, sales it was necessary to pay the. fee prescribed by § 1343 of the Re-; .vised Laws of the Territory of"Hawaii, which provides:.. “The annual fee for a license to sell goods, wares and merchandise or…
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