Iowa City v. Glassman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. R. R. Howell, Judge. The defendant was convicted before the mayor of peddling within the limits of the city without first having procured a license. On appeal to the District Court it was conceded by the defendant that he was engaged in peddling, within the terms, of an ordinance, and evidence was introduced -for the purpose of showing that the provisions of the ordinance were unreasonable.
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Appeal from Johnson District Court. — Hon. R. R. Howell, Judge. The defendant was convicted before the mayor of peddling within the limits of the city without first having procured a license. On appeal to the District Court it was conceded by the defendant that he was engaged in peddling, within the terms, of an ordinance, and evidence was introduced -for the purpose of showing that the provisions of the ordinance were unreasonable. The trial court made a finding affirming the judgment of the mayor, and the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
In the attempted exercise of the authority conferred by Code, section 700, “to regulate, license and tax peddlers,” the plaintiff city enacted an ordinance describing as -a misdemeanor and providing a penalty for plying the vocation of a peddler within the city limits “without first procuring a license and paying the license fee and tax, which license fee and tax shall be, in addition to the mayor’s fee of one dollar, the sum of *673five dollars per day or three hundred fifty dollars per year for each peddler on foot; six dollars per day or three hundred fifty dollars per year for each peddlen…
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