McKinney v. City of Alton

This is a prosecution for violation of a city ordinance brought by the appellee, the city of Alton, against the appellants, A. B. McKinney & Son. The ordinance in question is as follows:

“Eleventh. Insurance agents representing corporations, companies or associations engaged in the business of soliciting or effecting life, fire or marine insurance, shall pay the sum of 825 per year, and such license may he taken out for any term, not less than three months, nor more than one year.”

The prosecution was instituted before a justice of the peace where the default of the defendants was entered and a…