Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc. v. Pottstown Borough

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

There are two motion picture theatres in the Borough of Pottstown, one of which is Strand Theatre owned and operated by the appellee, Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc. On December 30, 1946, the borough enacted an ordinance imposing a so-called “annual license fee” on a number of “enumerated amusements, devices, busi nesses, entertainments, or public performances”, on the authority =of Article XII, § 1202, cl. XXVI of The General Borough Act of May 4, 1927, P. L. 519, as amended, 53. PS § 13338. The ordinance purported to impose a license, fee ou motion picture, theatres, measured…