Star Square Auto Supply Co. v. Gerk

This is an action in equity to enjoin the defendants, who respectively hold the offices of chief of police and chief of detectives of the police department of the city of St. Louis, from enforcing Section 25 of an Act of the General Assembly of Missouri, approved on July 30, 1921, commonly known as the Motor Vehicle Act (Laws 1921, 1st Ex. Sess., pp. 76-107). The ground of plaintiffs' action is that Section 25 of the Motor Vehicle Act, in so far as such section pertains to motor vehicle tires, is violative of certain designated sections of the State and Federal Constitutions. The plaintiffs…