Gross Distributing Co. v. City of Shelbyville

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

These eight cases have been consolidated for the purpose of this appeal. They originated in the Shelbyville, Kentucky, Police Court, where each appellant was fined $500 for violating a city ordinance requiring an “unloading” or a “street usage” license. Appeals were taken to the Shelby Circuit Court, wherein the validity of the ordinance was upheld and their fines were fixed the same as in Shelbyville Police Court.

In their appeals to this court, appellants contend that the city had no statutory or constitutional power to impose such license and that the ordinance is…