City of Washington v. Reed

This action was begun in the police court of the City of Washington in Franklin County, Missouri, on June 11, 1930. The complaint filed in the police court by the city attorney charged the defendants with violating an ordinance by selling goods, wares and merchandise by going about from place to place in the city without first obtaining a peddler’s license as provided by ordinance.

Washington is a city of the third class and has the statutory authority and power to levy and collect a license tax and regulate divers and sundry businesses and persons engaged in divers and sundry businesses,…