Brittingham & Hixon Lumber Co. v. City of Sparta
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Monroe county: E. O. TIigbee, Circuit Judge. Eor more than fifteen years tbe plaintiff corporation has-been engaged in the business of selling coal to customers in the city of Sparta, and for that purpose maintains sheds and yards for the storage of coal.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Monroe county: E. O. TIigbee, Circuit Judge. Eor more than fifteen years tbe plaintiff corporation has-been engaged in the business of selling coal to customers in the city of Sparta, and for that purpose maintains sheds and yards for the storage of coal. On or about October 7, 1913, the city of Sparta, acting through its mayor and common council, enacted “An ordinance to regulate the weighing of coal sold and delivered in the city of SpartaSec. 1, the material paragraph of said ordinance, reads as follows: “All coal offered for sale and delivered…
1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.
It is not claimed that weights and measures may not he reasonably regulated under the police power. The authorities holding that they may he are numerous and practically uniform. The city of Sparta, is operating under the general charter law. Sec. 925 — 52, sub. (45), Stats., confers on common councils of cities organized under such law the power to regulate the weighing and sale of coal. The appellant contends that this power was taken away by ch. 566, Laws of 1911, particularly that part of the law which is now sec. 1666b of our Statutes; that the power of regulation, if it ■existed, was…
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