Legal Opinion
People v. Grant
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided May 26, 1909No. Docket No. 151PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error to Emmet; Shepherd, J. Robert Grant was convicted of doing business as a transient tradesman without having paid a license fee, and sentenced to pay a fine of $50.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Grant was prosecuted as a “transient tradesman ” in the city of Petoskey, under an ordinance which provided:
“ Section 1. The words ‘transient tradesmen,’for the purpose of this ordinance, shall be construed to mean and include all persons, both principals and agents, who engage in temporary or transient business in this city, or in traveling from place to place therein, selling goods, wares and merchandise, and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease or occupy any building or structure for the exhibition or sale of such goods, wares and merchandise. And no such…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. RussellMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- City of Muskegon v. ZeerypMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
- People v. BakerMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- People v. SmithMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
- City of Alma v. ClowMichigan Supreme Court · 1906
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Melconian v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1922
- People v. RiksenMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
- Davidson v. Wayne County Board of Road CommissionersMichigan Court of Appeals · 1978
- State v. McFallOregon Supreme Court · 1924
- O'Hara v. CollierMichigan Supreme Court · 1913
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