Legal Opinion
In Re Application of Mathews
California Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1923No. Crim. No. 2515PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawlor, J.
Petitioner, Mrs. Prank Mathews, was convicted of a violation of section 14 (c) of Ordinance No. 1940 of the city of Pasadena, entitled “An ordinance of the city of Pasadena defining nuisances and prohibiting their maintenance.” Section 14 (c) provides: “It is hereby declared to be a nuisance and it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to keep or maintain any goat within (50) feet of any dwelling-house other than that occupied by him or it, or- more than two (2) goats within one hundred (100) feet of any dwelling-house other than that occupied by him or it, or more than four…
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