Territory v. Sing High

DISSENTING OPINION OP

WILDER, J.

There is a clear distinction between occupations which may be regarded as harmful or dangerous in themselves, such as that of selling intoxicating liquors, and those which, like keeping a lodging house or doing a laundry business, are necessary to the welfare or convenience of the community, and which are harmful or dangerous, if at all, only because in the particular way in which they may be conducted. In the former no person has an absolute right to engage; in the latter all persons have an equal right to engage. The former may be regulated or restricted to…