State v. Shedroi
Supreme Court of Vermont
Information for peddling without a license. Heard on a demurrer to the information, at the December Term, 1902, Caledonia County, Watson, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled, pro forma, and information adjudged sufficient. The respondent excepted. The statute upon which this information is based is unconstitutional. It denies to' the respondent the equal protection of the law..
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Information for peddling without a license. Heard on a demurrer to the information, at the December Term, 1902, Caledonia County, Watson, J., presiding. Demurrer overruled, pro forma, and information adjudged sufficient. The respondent excepted. The statute upon which this information is based is unconstitutional. It denies to' the respondent the equal protection of the law.. Butcher’s Union v. Crescent City Co., in U. S. 746, and cases cited (d). State v. Hoyt, 71 Vt. 59; State v. Cadigcm, 73 Vt. 245. The statute, although composed of several sections, is on entire law. ' Ryegate v.…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
The respondent is informed against for becoming a peddler without a license in force, under the provisions of V. S. c. 198, as amended by No. 94, Acts of 1900, and the case is here upon demurrer to' the information. It is contended that the law upon which this information is based is in conflict with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
*279That the license fee required to- be paid under the provisions of this chapter for the privilege of selling goods as a peddler is a tax upon the goods themselves, was determined by this Court in State v. Hoyt, 71 Vt. 59, 42 Atl. 973. In…
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