Legal Opinion
City of Lovington v. Hall
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided February 17, 1961No. 6758Published
1Opinion of the Court
359 P.2d 769 (1961)
68 N.M. 143
CITY OF LOVINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
F. W. HALL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 6758.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
February 17, 1961.
Robert W. Ward, Lovington, for appellant.
Hammel Carrell, Lovington, for appellee.
NOBLE, Justice.
Appellant was convicted in municipal court of operating music machines and pin-ball machines within the city of Lovington without a license, in violation of Ordinance 132, from which he appealed to the district court. The district court found that the ordinance levying a license fee was a valid exercise of the police power conferred by statute,…
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