City of Los Angeles v. United Dredging Co.

HUNT, Circuit Judge.

The city of Los Angeles and certain of its officials appeal from a decree enjoining and restraining them from enforcing as against appellee, the United Dredging Company, a Delaware corporation, the provisions of an ordinance of the city.

The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to operate steam boilers and appliances without first having submitted the same to inspection and procuring a Ecense from a local board of mechanical engineers, and to employ or permit any person to use and operate the same other than an engineer duly Ecensed by such board.

Appellee was operating steam…