Eureka City v. Wilson
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Fifth district court, Juab county. Hon. E. V. Higgins, Judge. R. G. Wilson was convicted in the justice’s court of Eureka City of the violation of an ordinance of that city which defines its fire limits and provides that no wooden building shall be erected within such limits except certain small buildings described in the ordinance, and appeals.
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Appeal from tbe Fifth district court, Juab county. Hon. E. V. Higgins, Judge. R. G. Wilson was convicted in the justice’s court of Eureka City of the violation of an ordinance of that city which defines its fire limits and provides that no wooden building shall be erected within such limits except certain small buildings described in the ordinance, and appeals. That this ordinance is unconstitutional and void; see the following authorities: Bissonies v. Oity of Indianapolis, 71 Ind. 189 5 Oity of Richmond v. Dudley, 28 Am. St. E. 180; State v. Tenant, Id. 715; State v. Mahner, et al., 9 So.…
1Opinion of the Court
Bartoh, J.:
This case was commenced before a justice of the peace, and the defendant, after having been convicted of a violation of an ordinance of Eureka City which forbids the *70erection of wooden buildings, without permission, within certain defined limits, appealed to the district court, and, upon conviction and fine there, to this court.
The record presents several questions, raised on behalf of the appellant, respecting the rulings of the district court as to the sufficiency of the complaint before the justice of the peace, and the allowance of amendments thereto. These questions simply…
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