Colonial Baking Co. v. Village of Sparta

Defendant village appeals from declaratory decree holding that plaintiff’s conducting of business in that village is not peddling within the meaning of its ordinance for regulating and licensing peddlers and the relevant section of the enabling act, CL 1948, § 67.1 (Stat Ann 1961 Rev §5.1285).

The facts concerning plaintiff’s business operations are set forth in a stipulation of facts, summarized in the trial judge’s opinion as follows:

“Plaintiff is an Illinois corporation doing business-in the State with its main office located in Grand Rapids -where it has operated for 31 years. It…