City of Bismarck v. Vetter
Case Date: 11/19/1987
Docket No: 870223
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City of Bismarck v. VetterCr. No. 870223 Levine, Justice. Julie Vetter appeals from a county court judgment of conviction of failure to obtain a dog license in violation of City of Bismarck ordinance 3-03-01. The issue is whether 3-03-01 is an unconstitutional "grant of title of nobility" which transforms Vetter's "naturally existing" right to own a dog into a mere privilege. Neither ordinance 3-03-01 nor the state statute, NDCC § 40-05-02(22), which authorizes municipalities to enact such statutes, is a grant of nobility. The judgment is affirmed under North Dakota Rule of Appellate Procedure 35.1(1) and (7), City of Dickinson v. Thress, 290 N.W. 653 (N.D. 1940). Beryl J. Levine
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