City of Sumter v. Boyle

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

Habeas corpus proceedings in the original jurisdiction of this Court for the purpose of testing the validity of an ordinance of the City of Sumter, hereinafter more particularly described, for a violation of which the defendant was arrested.

On April 24, 1923, the City of Sumter passed an ordinance entitled:

“An ordinance to regulate the sale of meat and meat products for feed within the City of Sumter and to prescribe the conditions under which animals from which such meat is obtained shall be slaughtered and butchered.”

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