Town of Gold Hill v. Brisacher

By the Court,

Beatty, C. J.:

The defendant was convicted in a justice’s court of violating an ordinance of Gold Hill and adjudged to pay a fine and to be imprisoned in default of payment. He appealed to the district court of Storey county, where a judgment was rendered in his favor. From that judgment this ap*53peal is taken. The defendant moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the supreme court has no jurisdiction in cases of this character. The motion must prevail. This is not a “ case at law” involving the legality of a municipal fine. We decided in State v. Rising, 10 Nev. 103, that…