Town of New Hampton v. Conroy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chielmsaw District Court. The plaintiff is incorporated under the general incorporation law. The town council passed an ordinance providing that no person should sell any vinous or malt liquors without having obtained a license from the authorities of the town.
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Appeal from Chielmsaw District Court. The plaintiff is incorporated under the general incorporation law. The town council passed an ordinance providing that no person should sell any vinous or malt liquors without having obtained a license from the authorities of the town. It was provided the applicant for such license should execute a bond in the penal sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned he would comply with all the provisions of the ordinance, among which was that no gambling should be permitted on the premises covered by the license, nor should any intoxicating liquors other than…
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
1. municipai, reguStingns' salo of wine and Deer: conditions imposed. I. The sale of intoxicating liquors other than vinous and malt is prohibited by the laws of the State. Cities and towns incorporated under the general incorporation law have the power “to renulate, ... x . , , , license, and tax or prohibit beer and wine saloons, x ’ * * and to regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors not prohibited by the State.” Chapter 24, Laws of Sixteenth General Assembly; Miller’s Code, § 463.
As we construe this statute, the plaintiff was prohibited from passing any ordinance regulating…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Town of Bloomfield v. TrimbleSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- City of Mount Pleasant v. BreezeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1860
- City of Chariton v. BarberSupreme Court of Iowa · 1880
- Hurber v. BaughSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
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