Julius v. Lenz

Henry M. Gallagher, Chief Justice.

This is an action to have ordinance No. 10 of the village of Fair-fax declared illegal and to enjoin the village officials from enforcing it. The ordinance is entitled “An Ordinance to establish a fire limit within which wooden and other combustible buildings shall not be erected in the Village of Fairfax, Minnesota.” Section 1 describes the territory which comprises the “fire limit” of the village. Section 2 makes it unlawful for any person, copartnership or corporation “to build, erect or construct or cause to be built, erected or constructed any wooden or…