Ziedman & Pollie, Inc. v. City of Ashland

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Thomas

Reversing.

The legislative department of the city of Ashland, Ky., enacted an ordinance entitled “'Street Fair Ordinance.” Its section 1 provided that it should be unlawful for any one to “put on” any fair or carnival within the city without first obtaining a license so to do, and then ordained that the license fee “shall be $1,500.00 per week, payable in advance of the application.” Section 2 of the ordinance prescribed that

“any person who shall conduct or aid or assist in conducting- any street fair or carnival without: complying with this ordinance shall…