Redwood Theatres, Inc. v. City of Modesto

The plaintiff!, which owns and operates four moving picture theaters in Modesto, sought an injunction to restrain that city and its officers from enforcing an ordinance, number 772, New Series, adopted pursuant to the authorization of its charter, imposing a license tax of three cents for each ticket of admission sold by any of said theaters.

The complaint1 and amendments thereto allege that ordinance number 772, New Series, was adopted April 23, 1946, for the purpose of revenue, and prescribes penalties of fines for violation of its provisions; that the city previously adopted another…