Legal Opinion

Smith v. City of Emporia

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1882PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from, Lyon Distriot Court. At the September Term, 1881, of the district court, Smith was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 and costs, for the violation of a certain ordinance of the city of Emporia, from which judgment he appeals. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

As shown by the record before us, a complaint was filed in the police court of the city of Emporia, on ■the 5th day of August, 1881, charging the defendant with a violation of § 6 of an ordinance of that city, entitled “An *529■ordinance to regulate and prohibit the running at large of animals.” Said §6 provides:

“Any person who shall break open, pull down, destroy or injure the pound in the city of Emporia, or any door, gate, fence or inclosure thereof, or take, or attempt to take or drive thereout or therefrom any animal therein impounded,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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3Cited by9 opinions

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