City of Dayton v. Jacobs

The major question presented by this cause in this court is whether the provisions of the ordinances in question, which impose an inspection fee upon the plaintiff in error and others similarly situated for inspection service rendered by the municipality and do not impose an inspection fee upon certain other establishments engaged in the same occupation, which receive a free inspection service from the federal government and do not require or receive an inspection service from the municipality, are for that reason invalid.

The other questions sought to be raised here are either questions of…