Walsh v. City of Denver

This suit was instituted to recover as for money had and received, fifty dollars paid by plaintiff under protest as a license fee exacted by ordinance of the defendant city for carrying on the business of a meat market or butcher shop. *408The ordinance in question seems to have been entitled, “ Concerning Health,” but only two sections of it were offered in evidence and are preserved in the record. They read as follows:

“ Sec. 54. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation, to keep open or establish, maintain or conduct within the limits of the city of Denver, any butcher…