City of St. Paul v. Fielding & Shepley, Inc.

Holt, J.

(dissenting.)

I doubt the proposition that the charter grants the council power to make the violation of the terms of a city contract by the contractor a misdemeanor. If this be an exercise of the police power lodged in the city council, it seems to me the private contractor who works *475men more than eight hours should come equally under the ban of the ordinance, or else it is open to the charge of being discriminatory.