State v. Gottstein

Holt, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of violating this provision of the plumbing ordinance of the city of Minneapolis enacted June 11, 1909, as amended April 23, 1937:

“Section 2. No person or persons shall hereafter construct, extend, alter or repair any plumbing work or house drainage, or construct cesspools, or construct or connect any house drainage with cesspools or the sewer system of the City of Minneapolis, until after he or they shall have first obtained a license from the City Council to do such work.”

The complaint under which defendant was prosecuted charged that he, on April 27,…