City of Reno v. Dixon
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial- District Court, Washoe County; T. F. Moran, Judge. J. B. Dixon, prosecuted by the City of Reno for violation of ordinance against practicing the profession of law without a license, was, on removal of the case from the city court to the district court, convicted, and appeals. The legislature is prohibited from passing local laws or prescribing punishments for crimes or misdemeanors in particular localities.
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Appeal from Second Judicial- District Court, Washoe County; T. F. Moran, Judge. J. B. Dixon, prosecuted by the City of Reno for violation of ordinance against practicing the profession of law without a license, was, on removal of the case from the city court to the district court, convicted, and appeals. The legislature is prohibited from passing local laws or prescribing punishments for crimes or misdemeanors in particular localities. All laws declaring. offenses to be crimes or misdemeanors must be general in their nature. Const. Nev., art. 4, sec. 20. This prohibition extends also to…
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On Rehearing
By the Court,
McCarran, C. J.:
A rehearing of this case was granted on petition of appellant. In our former opinion we held that the offense charged against petitioner was a misdemeanor, and, being such, did not come within the appellate, jurisdiction of this court. It was our judgment then .that the former decision of' this court in the case of Town of Gold Hill v. Brisacher, 14 Nev. 52, was controlling. The petition for rehearing and an argument of counsel on the rehearing sought to distinguish that case from the matter at bar.
We are not in accord with the theory of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Gold Hill v. BrisacherNevada Supreme Court · 1879