Legal Opinion
City of St. Paul v. Marvin
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 15, 1870PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Certiorari to tbe acting city justice of the city of St. Paul, before -whom the defendant had been convicted of a violation of a city ordinance of that city. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
McMillan, J.
The city charter of the city of St. Paul, among the powers conferred upon the city council, contains the following : “ To license and regulate the selling or contracting for the sale of any goods, wares or merchandize, by samples, when such goods, wares or merchandize are thereafter to be sent or delivered to the purchaser.” Sp. L. 1868, p. 70.
Under this provision of the charter, the city council enacted an ordinance, as follows:
“ Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale by sample, any goods, wares or merchandize, not manufactured…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tierney v. DodgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1864
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