Miller v. City of Memphis

The complainant Lee Miller filed his original bill under the declaratory judgment statute, in which he alleged that a certain ordinance of the City of Memphis is invalid, the same requiring a permit for the operation of music boxes, commonly spoken of as “juke” boxes. The complainant alleges that he leases these music machines to various persons in the City of Memphis and elsewhere and that they are operated by an electric current; that they play selections of music automatically upon the insertion of a coin placed in a slot by customers; that he has paid State, County, City, and Federal…