City of Spokane v. Robison
Citations
- 6 Wash. 547
- 33 P. 960
- 1893 Wash. LEXIS 333
Syllabus
<p>MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS — VIOLATION OP ORDINANCES —PROSECUTION — EVIDENCE—MAINTAINING SLAUGHTER HOUSE IN CITY LIMITS.</p> <p>A prosecution for the violation of a city ordinance may be conducted in the name of the city instead of in the name of the state.</p> <p>The charter of the city of Spokane providing that the city attorney shall conduct all prosecutions for violations of its ordinances does not require that officer to subscribe and swear to the complaints therefor, and the prosecution may be had upon the complaint of any private person.</p> <p>In a prosecution for maintaining a slaughter house within the city limits at a certain time in the year 1892, evidence is immaterial as to what the boundaries were in 1886.</p> <p>Cities of the first class are authorized to prohibit the erection and maintenance of slaughter houses within their corporate limits.</p>
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