State v. Mayo
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On agreed statement of facts. This case was reported to the Law Court for decision upon an "agreed statement of facts,” which states the case as follows: "This is a criminal, prosecution for breach of a town ordinance. passed by authority of a special act of the Legislature of Maine.
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On agreed statement of facts. This case was reported to the Law Court for decision upon an "agreed statement of facts,” which states the case as follows: "This is a criminal, prosecution for breach of a town ordinance. passed by authority of a special act of the Legislature of Maine. A. D. 1903, approved March 28th A. D. 1903, entitled ‘An Act in regard to use of the roads in town of Eden.’ Said ordinance having been passed at a special town meeting, legally called and held in Bar Harbor, town of Eden, Hancock County, Maine, on the first day of July, A. D. 1903. "The respondent S. H. Mayo,…
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
The question presented is this : Is the ordinance of the town of Eden, passed under express legislative authority, closing to the use of automobiles certain public streets in said town, constitutional ?
*66The contention of the defendant is that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the constitution of the United States which declares, among other things, that no State shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws,” and that it also denies him that equality of right guaranteed under sec. 1, Art. I, of the Constitution of Maine, "of enjoying and defending…
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