City of Burlington v. Bumgardner
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. This is an agreed case, and the only question presented in ' the record involves the right of the City of Burlington to-license hotels and taverns kept within its limits. There was a judgment in the court below for defendant. Plaintiff ap-
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The right of the city to license hotels and taverns does not exist unless conferred by legislative enactment *674of the state. This proposition is conceded by counsel for plaintiff. But he insists that the right is conferred by Code, § 463, which is in the following words: “They [the cities] shall have power to regulate or prohibit the sale of horses or other domestic animals at public auction on the streets, alleys or highways; to regulate, license and tax all carts, wagons, drays, coaches, omnibuses and every description of carriages which may be kept for hire; to regulate and tax taverns and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Burlington v. Putnam InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- State v. HerodSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
3Cited by13 opinions
- Huston v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- State ex rel. City of New Richmond v. DavidsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1902
- Bear v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- City of Ottumwa v. ZekindSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- People v. SchneiderMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
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