City of St. Paul v. Clark

Loring, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of violation of an ordinance fixing minimum taxi fares in the city of St. Paul. He comes here contending that the city has neither express nor implied power under its charter to fix minimum rates and that even if it has such powen there is no justification for its exercise of police power in this respect.

The city has, of course, no power to legislate except such as may be given it by the legislature, but if a power may be necessarily or fairly implied from powers expressly granted it will be held that the legislature intended to grant such implied…