Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1912

Reliance Laundry & Cleaning Co. v. City of Milwaukee

Reliance Laundry & Cleaning Co. v. City of Milwaukee
Wisconsin Supreme Court · Decided November 19, 1912 · Timlin
151 Wis. 194; 138 N.W. 623; 1912 Wisc. LEXIS 280

Reliance Laundry & Cleaning Co. v. City of Milwaukee

Opinion of the Court

Timlin, J.

This case presents the same questions as Chain Belt Co. v. Milwaukee, ante, p. 188, 138 N. W. 621, qnd is ruled by that case.

There was no authority on the part of the city to enact the ordinance under which the defendant was prosecuted and convicted, hence the ordinance is invalid, and the judgment should be reversed.

By the Court. — Judgment reversed, and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the prosecution.

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