Prince v. City of St. Paul
Supreme Court of Minnesota
In August, 1872, the plaintiff in error, John S. Prince, was prosecuted, in the name of the city of St. Paul, before the city' justice, for acting as an agent of a foreign fire insurance company within said city, without payment of license as required # by ordinance passed by the common council of said city, under the revised charter of 1868. He appeared, and for a plea to the complaint against him, alleged that the insurance company for which he was agent, and he the agent,…
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In August, 1872, the plaintiff in error, John S. Prince, was prosecuted, in the name of the city of St. Paul, before the city' justice, for acting as an agent of a foreign fire insurance company within said city, without payment of license as required # by ordinance passed by the common council of said city, under the revised charter of 1868. He appeared, and for a plea to the complaint against him, alleged that the insurance company for which he was agent, and he the agent, had, in all things, complied with the act of the legislature of the state of Minnesota, approved Feb. 29, 1872,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Berry, J.
The revised charter of the city of St. Paul (cA. 26, Sp. Laws 1868,) provides in section 3, of sub chapter 4, “ that the common council of said city shall have authority by ordinances ■ * * * to license and 'regulate * * * insurance officers and insurance agencies, * * provided, * * * that not less than five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars shall be required to be paid for any license.”. Whether these provisions of the charter are unconstitutional, as contended by plaintiff in error, we will not now enquire, since we agree with him that even if it be admitted…
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