In Re Dees

The determination of this matter depends on the validity of a recent amendment to the San Francisco License Ordinance and particularly to the section thereof relating to the resale of theater tickets, for the violation of which the petitioner was arrested.

On behalf of the municipality it is maintained that the provisions of the ordinance were adopted by the local legislative body in the exercise of its admitted power to raise, revenue by taxation, and that the courts cannot interfere with the exercise of this power. The petitioner, on the other hand, contends that the provisions in question…