Kendall Manufacturing Co. v. Mayor of Jersey City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This certiorari was allowed to bring up the general provisions relating to the licensing of peddlers, contained' in “An ordinance regulating licenses,” passed July 11th, 1899,. by the board of aldermen of Jersey City.

We think it was improvidently allowed.

The prosecutor is a foreign corporation, and so has not that interest in the concerns of the city which might entitle-a resident to question the legality of municipal action. Nor has any proceeding been instituted against the prosecutor because of or based upon such ordinance. Consequently, in…