City of Butte v. Roberts

Defendant was found guilty of violating a city ordinance of the city of Butte. The action in the district court was on appeal from the justice court and by agreement was tried to the court without a jury. From the judgment imposing a fine, defendant appealed.

The ordinance involved was passed in November, 1931, and provides: “Section 1. That hotel runners, stage and omnibus drivers, hackmen, taxicab drivers and expressmen operating vehicles for the transportation of passengers, baggage or express, and plying their respective vocations at any passenger depot or any railroad station in the city…