City of Watertown v. Meseberg

RENTTO, Presiding Judge.

These defendants were charged with becoming barmaids in violation of an ordinance of the City of Watertown. Pursuant to stipulation the controversy was heard by the trial court, without a jury, on an agreed statement of facts. The court denied their motions to dismiss and found them guilty after which a fine of $25 was imposed on each of them. They appeal.

In their assignments of error they claim that the ordinance in question is (1) unconstitutional because of its vagueness and uncertainty; (2) that it is invalid as an exercise of municipal power in excess of the power…