Legal Opinion
State v. Hoffman
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided May 23, 1924No. 23,956PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
Defendant áppeals from an order denying him a new trial after conviction and sentence for the crime of violating an ordinance of the town board for the regulation of public dances and dance halls in the town of Ridgeley, Nicollet county. A license fee was imposed upon those conducting such dances. Defendant’s offense was *402that he held one or more public dances in a pavilion on his farm without procuring the required license.
The power of the town board to enact a by-law of this kind is not denied. It is granted by chapter 478, Laws 1921. As to the constitutionality generally of such municipal…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Radice v. People of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Supervisors v. StanleySupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Clark v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Mayor of Mobile v. YuilleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1841
- Town of Linden v. FischerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Clinton Falls Nursery Co. v. County of SteeleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Kerst v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1927
- C. Thomas Stores Sales System, Inc. v. SpaethSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1941
- Kaljuste v. Hennepin County Sanatorium CommissionSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1953
- State Ex Rel. Remick v. ClousingSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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