Taylor, Cleveland & Co. v. City of Pine Bluff

Eakin, J,

The city of Pine Bluff, which is of the second class, established, by ordinance, the office of city weigher, and directed him to weigh all articles brought to him for that purpose; and to give the party applying a certificate of any weight so ascertained. In weighing cotton, he was to be governed by the rules of the board of trade of New Orleans, La. It was then provided, that all cotton, hay, or fodder, brought,to the city for sale, should be weighed by the city weigher, as thereinafter specified; and that any person violating the provisions of said ordinance should be fined within…