City of Burlington v. Unterkircher
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James H. Smythe, Judge. This proceeding 'was instituted in police court, by information, which charged the defendants with the violation of a city ordinance, in running hacks, carriages, and other vehicles for hire and profit, without a license. The defendants were tried in the police court, and found guilty, and appealed to the district court. A jury was waived in that court, and the defendants were acquitted.
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Appeal from Des Moines District Court. — Hon. James H. Smythe, Judge. This proceeding 'was instituted in police court, by information, which charged the defendants with the violation of a city ordinance, in running hacks, carriages, and other vehicles for hire and profit, without a license. The defendants were tried in the police court, and found guilty, and appealed to the district court. A jury was waived in that court, and the defendants were acquitted. The plaintiff then served a notice of appeal upon the defendants and the clerk of the district court.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The ordinance under which this proceeding was instituted makes it “the duty of every person wishing to run for hire any conveyance for passengers, baggage or merchandise, before running the same, to procure a license therefor from the city clerk,” and a number for each vehicle, to be placed upon it. The ordinance made it the duty of every person running such a vehicle to transport passengers, baggage, and merchandise within the city, upon demand, and provided a schedule of maximum charges, which, so far as they applied to passengers, were required to be posted in each conveyance for…
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