Gem Stores, Inc. v. O'BRIEN

STORCKMAN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment upholding the constitutionality of § 563.721, RSMo Supp. 1963, V.A.M.S., Laws 1963, Senate Bill No. 49, which became effective on October 13, 1963. The statute prohibits the selling at retail' of certain commodities on Sunday. The plaintiffs, GEM Stores, Inc., and G.E.M. Southway, Inc., are Missouri corporations conducting general retail department store businesses in St. Louis County. The plaintiff, Chix Shop, Inc., also a Missouri corporation, is a licensed concessionaire of the other plaintiffs and is engaged in the business of…