Junk-Shop

A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. City Council of Charleston v. Goldsmith, 12 Rich. (S. C.) 470. In this case it was said that "it is perfectly immaterial whether it is a large or a small shop," and a person was properly indicted and convicted for keeping such a house without license who bought from other shops, and also from persons bringing to his shop the articles which make a junk-shop. Where a tax was laid upon "stores" in which the stock never exceeds in value $2,000, the term was held to cover a store kept by a dealer in old iron and other metals, old glass, old rope, and old paper stock; Pitts v. City of Vicksburg, 72 Miss. 181, 16 South. 418. Acts prohibiting the keeping of such shops without license and prescribing a fine for violation of the act are constitutional; Marmet v. State, 45 Ohio St. 63, 12 N. E. 463; although they impose different licenses upon dealers in general merchandise and those who sell specified articles; City of New Orleans v. Kaufman, 29 La. Ann. 283, 29 Am. Rep. 328; but such a tax was held invalid when a municipal ordinance clearly showed that it was for revenue, an act for raising revenue not being an exercise of police power; Pitts v. Vicksburg, 72 Miss. 181, 16 South. 418. See City of Grand Rapids v. Brandy, 105 Mich. 670, 64 N. W. 29, 32 L. R. A. 116, 55 Am. St. Rep. 472; Pawnbrokers.

A shop where old cordage and ships’ tackle, old iron, raves, bottles, paper, etc., are keptandsold. A place where odds and ends are purchased and sold. 12 Rich. Law, 470.