Cancilla v. Gehlhar

This is a suit in which plaintiff questions the validity of chapter 382, Oregon Laws, 1933, commonly known as the “Produce Dealers and Peddlers Act”.

Plaintiff contends that the act is invalid for the reasons: (1) That it was never legally enacted; (2) that it violates section 20, Article I, of the Constitution of Oregon; (3) that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The circuit court upheld the validity of the act and plaintiffs appeal.

1. It would be no value to the profession or to the public to give a lengthy analysis and explanation of the history…