Petrolene, Inc. v. City of Arnold

LAURANCE M. HYDE, Special Commissioner.

Action to declare an ordinance of the city void in its application to plaintiffs and to enjoin its enforcement against plaintiffs. The court found for plaintiffs and enjoined defendant from enforcing the ordinance against plaintiffs. The city has appealed and we affirm.

Plaintiffs are distributors of liquid -petroleum products, known as LPG. Defendant is a third class city. The ordinance involved provided for a license tax of five per cent of the gross receipts on public utilities “engaged in the business of supplying or furnishing electricity, electrical…