State v. Vail
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, JDardm District Oourt. An information was filed before a justice of the peace, charging that the defendant sold ale, beer,' porter and mixed liquors contrary to the statutes of Iowa, and ordinances of the incorporated town of Eldora. Tbe defendant was found guilty by tbe justice, and judgment rendered against him. Whereupon be appealed to the District Court, where there was a trial, and from the judgment the State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSeevers, J.
1. MTJMTCIPAr, o°a?nancel'3: validity oi The District Court found the defendant guilty, as charged in the information, but arrested the judgment and discharged him, on the ground that ordinance No. O ' ° - ^ the incorporated town of Eldora was void, Jbe correctness of this ruling is the only question before us. The ordinance was enacted, if at all, before chapter nine of the laws of the Seventeenth General Assembly took effect, and, therefore, the question before us must be determined under statutes in force previous to its passage.
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