Jones v. City of Jackson

The bill in this canse was filed by Kirby Jones, a furniture dealer in the City of Jackson, to have declared void an ordinance of the city which undertakes to regulate the sale of personal property by auction within the corporate limits, but excepting auction sales by a judicial order and such sales by executors or administrators, trustees, etc.

A demurrer was filed by the city and the eighth ground thereof was sustained by the Chancellor, which meant that he sustained and upheld the ordinance as a valid exercise of the police power of the city. While the Chancellor upheld the validity of the…