Excelsior Baking Co. v. City of Northfield

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial.

By, this action plaintiff seeks judgment declaring defendant city’s peddler ordinance to be either invalid or inapplicable to plaintiff’s house-to-house service for the sale and distribution of bread and bakery goods.

Plaintiff has its bakery and principal place of business in Minneapolis where its bakery goods are manufactured. Its products, which are sold direct to the consumer, are inspected by state and Federal authorities and are wrapped in sanitary packages. Plaintiff maintains a large fleet of delivery…