Consumers Coal Co. v. City of Lincoln

Redick, District Judge.

This action is brought to enjoin the city of Lincoln from maintaining and operating a public market for the purchase and sale of coal and wood, and the allegations of the petition are substantially as follows: After stating the municipal character of the defendant as a city of the first class, and the official character of the other defendants as mayor and council thereof, it is alleged that on the 15th day of August, 1921, the mayor and council of said city duly passed an ordinance providing for the organization and operation of a fuel yard consisting of wood and coal,…