CITY OF LOVINGTON v. HALL

No. 6758.

359 P.2d 769 (1961)

68 N.M. 143

CITY OF LOVINGTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. F. W. HALL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

February 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ward, Lovington, for appellant.

Hammel Carrell, Lovington, for appellee.


NOBLE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted in municipal court of operating music machines and pin-ball machines within the city of Lovington without a license, in violation of Ordinance 132, from which he appealed to the district court. The district court found that the ordinance levying a license fee was a valid exercise of the police power conferred by statute, sustained the municipal court, and he again appealed.

The ordinance names some 50 specific occupations...

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