Philadelphia & Brigantine Railroad v. Mayor of Brigantine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This' certiorari brings up an ordinance passed August 5th, 1896, by the mayor and council of the borough of Brigantine on the subject of licenses. Among the matters for which it requires licenses are “ street, trolley or electric cars,” and the prosecutor, being engaged in running electric .ears through the borough, contends that the ordinance is in that particular illegal. Of the reasons assigned for this contention, it is necessary to notice only those relating to the penalty prescribed for violation. This penalty is “ a fine not exceeding…