Salt Lake City v. Davison

ELLETT, Justice:

The defendant was convicted in the City Court of violating Section 32-1-1, Revised Ordinances of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965. He appealed to the District Court, where the judge ruled that the City had no power to enact the ordinance in question. The City appeals pursuant to Article VIII, § 9, of the Utah Constitution, since the validity of an ordinance is involved.

Section 10-8-50, U.C.A.1953, provides that cities “may provide for the punishment of persons disturbing the peace and the good order of the city, or any lawful assembly, by clamor or noise, by intoxication, fighting,…