Hack v. City of Mineral Point

The following opinion was filed November 11, 1930:

Rosenberry, C. J.

The principal contention of the defendant here is that the city council of Mineral Point had no power to pass the ordinance in question, and that if it had such power it had no power to provide for imprisonment for violation of the ordinance. It is conceded that if the city of Mineral Point had power it is derived from sec. 62.11 (5), Stats., which counsel for defendant designates a general welfare clause.

Prior to the enactment of ch. 242 of the Laws of 1921, the powers of cities of the second, third, and fourth classes were…