City of Collinsville v. Cole

This was an action to recover a penalty for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Collinsville, in which a judgment was rendered for the defendant, and an appeal taken by the city.

It is unnecessary to discuss the various points raised by appellant on this record, the real controversy turning upon the true construction of the ordinance alleged to have been violated. It is ordinance numbered four. The eleventh section is as follows: • “ There shall be levied upon every hack-man, drayman, omnibus driver, carter, teamster, cabman or expressman, and all others pursuing a like occupation,…