City of Marshalltown v. Blum
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Marshall District Court. Upon an information filed in the mayor’s court in the city of Marshalltown, defendant was fined for peddling goods within the city, without a license, as prescribed by the city ordinance. Upon an appeal to the District Court a trial was had without a jury, and judgment was rendered against defendant, from which' he appeals to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. MUNICIPAL corporations : license to peddlers: when void. I. Three cases, bearing the same title, all appealed from the Marshall District Court, and involving the same facts and questions of law, are submitted for our decision together. This opinion will be ° r applicable to each case and like judgments will be entered in all.
An ordinance of the city of Marshalltown, concerning licenses, contains the following provisions:
“Section 29. Any person, except as provided in the foregoing sections, whose business it is to sell at retail any goods, wares, or merchandise, along, or upon the public…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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