Willis v. City of Fort Smith
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from /Sebastian Chancery Court, Fort Smith District; W. A. Falconer, Chancellor; 1. The right or power to enact the ordinance in question was never directly or by implication delegated to the city, /and the ordinance is therefore ultra vires, and void. Art 2, § § 12, 21 Const.; Id. Art. 12, § 4; 7 Cyc. 155 and note 57; 23 Am. Rep. 502; 48 S. W. 859; 16 S. W. 913; 1 Disn. (0.) 532; 89 Pa.
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Appeal from /Sebastian Chancery Court, Fort Smith District; W. A. Falconer, Chancellor; 1. The right or power to enact the ordinance in question was never directly or by implication delegated to the city, /and the ordinance is therefore ultra vires, and void. Art 2, § § 12, 21 Const.; Id. Art. 12, § 4; 7 Cyc. 155 and note 57; 23 Am. Rep. 502; 48 S. W. 859; 16 S. W. 913; 1 Disn. (0.) 532; 89 Pa. St. 71, 40 Md. 312. 2. The ordinance is class legislation, discriminating in its nature and in restraint of legitimate trade .and ¡business. Const. TJ. S., Fourteenth Amendment, § 1; Art. 2, § § 18,19,…
1Opinion of the CourtKirby, J.
This appeal challenges the validity of an ordinance of the City of Fort .Smith regulating the operation of “jitneys” and “jitney busses” it being contended that said ordinance was beyond the power of the city to make, .and that it is unconstitutional and void. The ordinance provides: Section 1, that each person, firm or corporation who desires to operate a jitney in or over any of the streets in the City of Fort Smith, shall first execute .and file with the clerk, a bond in the penal sum of $2,500 for each jitney, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the board of commissioners,…
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