Higgins v. Lacroix
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county against W. C. Lacroix, as president, and others as members, of the village council of Deer Eiver, and others, for a permanent injunction to restrain defendants, their officers and agents, from interfering with plaintiffs in the conduct of their business of operating a motion picture theater, or from destroying their business.
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Action in the district court for Itasca county against W. C. Lacroix, as president, and others as members, of the village council of Deer Eiver, and others, for a permanent injunction to restrain defendants, their officers and agents, from interfering with plaintiffs in the conduct of their business of operating a motion picture theater, or from destroying their business. The complaint, among other matters, alleged that defendants had interfered with their business and threatened to compel plaintiffs to discontinue it, and defendant police officer had been instructed to order plaintiffs to…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
At the suit of plaintiffs the court enjoined the defendants, as officers of the village of Deer River, from prosecuting plaintiffs for conducting a moving picture show without a license in the village. The defendants appealed from the judgment.
Under the statute empowering village councils “to prevent or license and regulate the exhibition of circuses, theatrical perform anees, or shows of any kind,” the village council of Deer River, a village of about one thousand inhabitants, duly passed an ordinance fixing a license fee of $200 per annum for “every permanent theater, theater comique,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- City of Mankato v. FowlerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- City of Duluth v. KruppSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- State v. City of Lake CitySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1879
- City of Duluth v. MarshSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
3Cited by22 opinions
- Merrelli v. City of St. Clair ShoresMichigan Supreme Court · 1959
- Anderson v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Arens v. Village of RogersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- Starkweather v. BlairSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1955
- Kentucky State Board of Dental Examiners v. PayneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
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