City of Keokuk v. Keokuk Northern Line Packet Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee and Des Moines District Courts. These are actions by the respective plaintiffs to recover charges for wharfage claimed to be due each under ordinances of the several cities providing therefor. The several petitions allege that defendant is indebted to the respective - plaintiffs by reason of its boats landing at and using the wharves of each. The pleadings in each case being different, their substance must be separately set out.
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Appeal from Lee and Des Moines District Courts. These are actions by the respective plaintiffs to recover charges for wharfage claimed to be due each under ordinances of the several cities providing therefor. The several petitions allege that defendant is indebted to the respective - plaintiffs by reason of its boats landing at and using the wharves of each. The pleadings in each case being different, their substance must be separately set out. In the first case the petition alleges that the city of Keokuk is empowered by its charter to establish and regulate wharves and to fix the rates of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The same question is presented in each of these cases, and involves the validity of the ordinances ,of the several cities, which are plaintiffs in the respective actions, under which wharfage dues are claimed of defendant. It is insisted that these ordinances are in conflict with several provisions of the Constitution of the United States, of the ordinance of 1787, and of the organic law of Wisconsin and Iowa, which forbid a State imposing imposts and duties on imports or exports and duties of tonnage; which forbid the states from regulating or levying taxes upon commerce, and which…
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