City of Shreveport v. Teague

McCALEB, Justice.

The relator, Amos Teague, was charged in two affidavits with violations of Ordinance No. 50 of 1937 of the City of Shreveport in that on January 6 and January 20, 1942, “he did go upon private residences in the City of Shreveport without having been requested or invited so to do by the owner or occupant, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, and/or for the purpose of disposing of and/or peddling or hawking the same.”

Relator resisted the charges made against him on the grounds (1) that the ordinance of the City of Shreveport, when…