Legal Opinion

State v. Bowen & Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1915No. 12535PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered October 16, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of violating the commission merchants’ law, upon overruling a demurrer to the information.

1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.

Appellant was prosecuted in the superior court and convicted of a violation of chapter 139, Laws of 1907, p. 266 (Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 7024-7035), known as the commission merchants’ law, in having carried on the business of commission merchant without first having given bond and procured a license as required by said law. Appellant demurred to the information upon the ground that the act in question is invalid, unconstitutional, and void, for the reasons, (1) that it violates articles 4, 5, and 7, and § 1-of art. 14, of the amendments to the constitution of the United States, and §§ 3, 7, 9,…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  3. Dent v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  4. Powell v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
  5. Sinking-Fund CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Roman v. LobeNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
  2. State v. Conifer Enterprises, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Ajax v. GregoryWashington Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Treffry v. TaylorWashington Supreme Court · 1965
  5. Crane Towing, Inc. v. GortonWashington Supreme Court · 1977

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