City of El Paso v. Jackson

RYAN, Judge.

Defendants in error attack an ordinance of the city of El Paso which prohibits the sale within that city of ice manufactured outside the city unless it be made of distilled water, on the ground the ordinance is void because it discriminates against persons manufacturing ice outside the city as contrasted to persons manufacturing ice inside the city, and on the further ground that the ordinance prohibited the sale of a pure and wholesome commodity of commerce and was. a burden on interstate commerce.

The-trial court, being of the opinion that the ordinance is void, perpetually…