Jay Burns Baking Co. v. McKelvie

This is a suit for an injunction to prevent the enforcement of the legislative act of 1921, providing: “Every loaf of bread, made or procured for the purpose of sale, sold, exposed or offered for sale in the state of Nebraska, shall be the following weights, avoirdupois: One-half pound, one pound, one and one-half pounds, and also in exact multiples of one pound, and of no other weights.” Laws 1923, ch. 2. A rate of two ounces to the pound, and no more, in excess of the maximum standard weights is tolerated by the, act. Unreasonableness of the regulation or impossibility of complying with the…