42 Minn. 107 | Minn. | 1889
The ordinance under which the defendants were convicted was assumed to be enacted under the provision of the charter of the city of Minneapolis authorizing the city council “to license and regulate haekmen, draymen, expressmen, and all other persons engaged in carrying passengers, baggage, or freight, and to regulate their charges thereon.” The ordinance provides that “no person or persons shall hire out, keep, or use for hire, upon the streets of the city of Minneapolis, any vehicle of any description or name whatéver, either for the conveyance of passengers, or for the conveying or transportation of goods, wares, or merchandise, or other articles, from place to place within said city, without a license so to do.” It is unnecessary to consider whether the evidence brings the ease with
Judgment reversed.