Sherman Clay & Co. v. Brown

The council of the city of Seattle passed an ordinance (No. 45727) for the regulation of second-hand dealers. The first section of the ordinance provides that it shall be deemed an exercise of the police power. The third section defines second-hand dealers as follows:

“Any person who, within the city of Seattle, shall as a business engage in the purchase, sale, trade, barter or exchange of second-hand goods, or any person who shall keep any store, shop, room or place where secondhand goods of any kind or description are bought, sold, traded, bartered, exchanged or received, is hereby defined…