Town of Livingston v. Scruggs

There is hut one question involved upon this appeal, and this relates to the validity of the ordinance under which appellee was tried and convicted in the may- or’s court of the town of Livingston. Erom the judgment of conviction in the mayor’s court, he appealed to the circuit court.

In the -circuit court demurrers were sustained to the complaint, and the effect of this ruling was to declare the ordinance invalid, as being inconsistent with the general laws of the state; the particular statute being section 7814, Code 1907. This section of the Code of 1907 (section 7814) has received a most…