Scipio, a Municipal Corp. v. Grantly Olsen

Defendant was prosecuted under a municipal ordinance of the town of Scipio. The town is located in Millard county, this state. Conviction was had before a justice of the peace. Defendant appealed to the district court. In that last-named court he demurred to the complaint on the grounds that it failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense; that Scipio was without power to enact the ordinance under which the prosecution was had; that the ordinance is unconstitutional in that it violates the rights and privileges of a citizen guaranteed by the state and federal Constitutions.…