Nolin v. Mayor of Franklin
Nolin v. Mayor of Franklin
Opinion of the Court
The act incorporating the town of Franklin, 1815, ch. Ill, gives the corporation power to enact and pass laws to prevent and remove nuisances. A corporation law was passed, inflicting a penalty of five dollars on any person who should exhibit a stud horse in the town. The defendant was recovered against for the offence. Was this a nuisance within the meaning of the act of incorporation? Keeping hogs in a market town has been so holden; (Salk. 460) as are ale houses, gaming houses, brothels, booths and stages for rope dancers,
Judgment affirmed.
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