City of Cairo v. Bross

This was an action instituted by plaintiff in error, before a police magistrate, to recover from defendant in error a penalty of ten dollars, imposed by an alleged ordinance of the city of Cairo, for carrying on the business of a merchant within the corporate limits of the city during the month of February, 1879, without having first procured a license for that purpose, as required by the provisions of the supposed ordinance. There was a judgment for the defendant before the magistrate, and the city appealed to the circuit court of Alexander county, where a similar conclusion was reached, and…