City of Wyandotte v. Corrigan
Supreme Court of Kansas
'Appeal from, Wyandotte District Court. Prosecution for the' violation of ordinance No. 448, of the city of Wyandotte. From a conviction in the police court of the city, the defendant appealed to the district court, and was there tried and again convicted. The ordinance for the violation of which the defendant was prosecuted was entitled: “An ordinance regulating the collection of a license tax on the corporations herein named.”
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'Appeal from, Wyandotte District Court. Prosecution for the' violation of ordinance No. 448, of the city of Wyandotte. From a conviction in the police court of the city, the defendant appealed to the district court, and was there tried and again convicted. The ordinance for the violation of which the defendant was prosecuted was entitled: “An ordinance regulating the collection of a license tax on the corporations herein named.” Section 1 of the ordinance provided: “That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to transact, engage in, or pursue any business or…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
*242. Grants to corporations, strictly construed. *23The mayor and council of the city of Wyandotte, by an ordinance adopted in 1871, which was amended in 1881, authorized the Kansas City & Wyandotte Street Eailway Company, of which the appellant is general, manager, to construct and operate a street railway upon and along certain streets and avenues within the city. In the ordinances granting the franchise, it was provided that it should be constructed and maintained as a double-track railway; that the tracks should be laid flush with the…
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