Commonwealth v. Pearl Laundry Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 30 — MISDEMEANOR I. Sections 2980, 3011, 3012 and 3058 are within the authority .of sections 174, 181 of the Constitution and the license ordinance is within those sections. City of Covington v. Wood, 17 Ky. Law Rep., 927; Levi v. City of Louisville, 16 Id., 872. 2. Appel and the Platt Company are liable because they make direct contracts for the laundry work. 1. A municipal corporation must show express authority in its charter for the acts it assumes to perform.
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Case 30 — MISDEMEANOR I. Sections 2980, 3011, 3012 and 3058 are within the authority .of sections 174, 181 of the Constitution and the license ordinance is within those sections. City of Covington v. Wood, 17 Ky. Law Rep., 927; Levi v. City of Louisville, 16 Id., 872. 2. Appel and the Platt Company are liable because they make direct contracts for the laundry work. 1. A municipal corporation must show express authority in its charter for the acts it assumes to perform. It is a government of enumerated powers, and acts by a delegated authority. Cooley’s Constitutional Limitations (6th ed.), p.…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BURNAM
delivered the opinion of the court.
It is agreed that these five cases shall be heard together. The proceedings were instituted by warrants taken out against each of the appellees, to show cause why they should not be fined for unlawfully conducting and operating a laundry in the city of Louisville without having license so to do. The five cases represent the different classes of cases that may be raised under the ordinance requiring the payment of a license for operating a laundry. The Pearl Laundry Company operates a' single laundry establishment, doing the usual laundry…
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