People ex rel. Town of Sterling v. Chipman

Suit was brought by the people, upon the relation of the town of Sterling, against J. C. Chipman, in the county court of Logan county, to recover a penalty for the violation of Ordinance No. 14 of the town of Sterling, an ordinance concerning the selling of intoxicating liquors. The defendant was discharged, and the case is brought here by writ of error.

Upon the trial, the defendant objected to the introduction of the ordinance for the reason that the enacting clause of the ordinance was not that prescribed by the statutes of the state. The objection was overruled, and the defendant excepted.…