WATTERS v. MICHIGAN

No. 58.

248 U.S. 65 (1918)

WATTERS v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maurice B. Dean for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was complained of for having engaged in peddling goods and having canvassed and taken orders from house to house for the sale of goods in the city of Munising, Michigan, without having received a license as required by a city ordinance. It may be assumed that much the greater part of his business was interstate commerce and free from any obligation that the ordinance imposed. But in the...

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