State v. Mason

WOLFE, Justice.

The primary purpose of this appeal is to test the constitutionality of chapter 4, Laws of Utah 1935, in so far as it requires a license to be obtained by persons other than commission merchants, who for the purpose of resale obtain from farmers possession or control of farm products without paying cash for the same at the time of obtaining such control or possession. Section 5 of the act provides in part as follows:

“No person shall act as a commission merchant, dealer, broker, or agent without having obtained a license as provided in this act.”

Section 2 defines a “dealer” as…