Bothwell v. York City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
The council of the City of York, on August 10, 1926, enacted an ordinance designed to restrain and prohibit the operation of a class of public amusements and .exhibitions within the corporate limits of that municipality. Specifically, this enactment makes it unlawful for “any person or persons, firm, partnership or corporation, publicly for pay to conduct, hold, give or operate, within the corporate limits of the City of York, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or during any part of such day, an opera, theatre, concert, show, circus, menagerie,…
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