City of Mankato v. Fowler

This action is for a penalty for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Mankato which forbids the exercise of the trade or business of an auctioneer within that city, without first having obtained a license therefor from the common council, and exacts a license fee of $300 as a condition of the issuance of the license, and also the execution of a bond with sufficient sureties, on the part of the applicant, conditioned, among other things, for the payment of all duties which are or may be imposed by this or any subsequent ordinance on sales made by him. The record does not contain all…