Clark v. Hill

The petitioners are the proprietors of a show or entertainment popularly known as a carnival, consisting of seven distinct acts or performances, such as a shooting gallery, a circus side-show, a motordrome, two fun houses, a Ferris wheel, a merry-go-round, etc. On the 16th day of July, 1931, they applied to the defendants as Commissioners of the Department of Agriculture and Markets of the state of Wisconsin, under the provisions of sec. 129.14, Stats., for a showman’s license and tendered therefor the sum of $20. The license was refused because the commissioners construed sec. 129.14 as…