Ex parte Byrd
Supreme Court of Alabama
Petitioner is unlawfully deprived of Ms liberty. — Const. U. S. Art. 14, § 1; 118 U. S. Rep. 356; Const. Ala. Art. 1, 1, 7; Art. 4, § 50. Municipal corporation cannot suppress a lawful trade or business. 80 Ala. 401; 32 Ala. 728; Laundry License Case, 22 Fed. Rep. 701; 78 Ala. 419; 80 Ala. 579; 33 111. 417; 46 111. 489; 45 111. 90; 28 Ga. 560; 7 Paige, 261; 23 How. 435; 79 Ala. 465;. 5 Crancb C. C. 13; 14 U. S. Dig. 226, § 389; 26 Fed. Rep. (ill; 29 Fed. Rep. 181; 13 Fed.
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Petitioner is unlawfully deprived of Ms liberty. — Const. U. S. Art. 14, § 1; 118 U. S. Rep. 356; Const. Ala. Art. 1, 1, 7; Art. 4, § 50. Municipal corporation cannot suppress a lawful trade or business. 80 Ala. 401; 32 Ala. 728; Laundry License Case, 22 Fed. Rep. 701; 78 Ala. 419; 80 Ala. 579; 33 111. 417; 46 111. 489; 45 111. 90; 28 Ga. 560; 7 Paige, 261; 23 How. 435; 79 Ala. 465;. 5 Crancb C. C. 13; 14 U. S. Dig. 226, § 389; 26 Fed. Rep. (ill; 29 Fed. Rep. 181; 13 Fed. Rep. 229. cited Act incorporating the city of Mobile, approved Dec. 10, 1886, §§ 20, 21; 2 Black. Com. 37; 10 Ohio, 257; 1…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The petitioner was convicted by the mayor of Mobile for a violation of a municipal ordinance entitled an “ordinance to establish and regulate markets.” Failing to pay the fine imposed, he was committed to prison, and thereupon he applied to the judge of the City Court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground of the invalidity of said ordinance. This application was denied, and he renews it here.
The ordinance in question provides, among other things, for the establishment and regulation of markets at several *19points in the city of Mobile, and prohibits the sale of fresh meats at retail outside…
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