Davis v. Town of Anita
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Cass District Court — Hon. O. F. Loofbourow, Judge. Action to enjoin the defendants from enforcing an ordinance of the incorporated town of Anita. A temporary injunction was granted, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
The incorporated town of Anita enacted an ordinance declaring certain scales in said town to be “ city scales,” and providing for the appointment of a suitable per*326son as weigh-master, whose term of office and compensation should be such as might be provided by a resolution of the town council; and further providing that it should be “ unlawful for any person' * ' * * to sell within the town of Anita any grain, hay, coal, cattle, hogs, sheep, or other commodity sold by weight, when the quantity of *the article exceeds one thousand pounds, without procuring a draft of such article or commodity…
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