Legal Opinion
Trescott v. City of Waterloo
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa
Decided November 15, 1885PublishedCited by 13 opinions
At Law. Demurrer to petition.
1Opinion of the CourtShiras, J.
The questions submitted to the court are presented by a demurrer to the petition. The plaintiff avers that for the past two years he has been a citizen of the state of Illinois; that the defendant is a municipal corporation, created under the laws of the state of Iowa; that it has legislative authority to license and regulate can. vassers and peddlers; and that, in pursuance thereof, in February, 1884, it adopted an ordinance as follows:
“PEDDLERS AND HAWKERS.
“Proprietors of dollar stores and gift enterprises, and all persons transiently remaining in the city, selling, or offering for sale, in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Fowle v. Common Council of AlexandriaSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Ogg v. City of LansingSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- Calwell v. City of BooneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Duke v. Mayor of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856
- City of Marshalltown v. BlumSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Elrod v. City of Daytona BeachSupreme Court of Florida · 1938
- Cummings v. LobsitzSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- State Ex Rel. Gebhardt v. City Council of HelenaMontana Supreme Court · 1936
- Simpson v. City of WhatcomWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- Clark v. Atlantic CityU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey · 1910
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