Legal Opinion

State v. Lovelace

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1921No. 16670PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Clarke county, Simpson, J., entered July 14,1921, upon a trial and conviction of violating an ordinance.

1Opinion of the CourtHovey, J.

— In this case the defendants were convicted of violating an ordinance of the city of Vancouver relative to the disposal of garbage. The case was disposed of upon an agreed statement of facts, and the only question presented is the validity of the ordinance.

Vancouver is a city of the third class, organized under the laws of this state relative to cities of that class. On August 16, 1920, the city passed an ordinance, a portion of which is as follows:

“An Ordinance providing for the letting of exclusive contract for the removal of manure, garbage, offal, refuse, rubbish, dead animals and all…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Dreyfus v. BooneSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  2. City of Seattle v. BartoWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Smith v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Sanitary Reduction Works v. California Reduction Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1899
  5. Wilson v. BeyersWashington Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HoustonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
  2. Cornelius v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  3. City of Spokane v. CarlsonWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  4. In Re PedrosianCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
  5. City of Seattle v. RogersWashington Supreme Court · 1940

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