Legal Opinion
Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc. v. City of Hattiesburg
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided December 11, 1950No. 37669PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
Paramount-Richards Theatres, Inc., and others have appealed from a decree of the Chancery Court of Forrest County, enjoining them, on the complaint of the City of Hattiesburg, from operating’ moving picture shows after the hour of 6:00 P. M. on Sundays.
During the period from 1941 to 1949, picture shows in the City of Hattiesburg were operated without molestation. On June 23, 1949, after a change in the city administration on the first of the year, the mayor instructed the chief of police to enforce the Sunday laws, beginning Sunday, June 26. Due notice was given to the managers of the six…
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