Oregon Box & Mfg. Co. v. Jones Lumber Co.

The plaintiffs' contend that the ordinance set out in the amended complaint is exercised under a specific grant of power authorizing the city to legislate in the particular manner set out in Section 448 of said ordinance. Based upon that -premise they claim that the court was without authority to declare the ordinance unreasonable: 2 Mc Quillin, Municipal Corp., 1570, § 724; 2 Dillon (5 ed.), 943, § 600; Cooley on Constitutional Limitations, 201; Darlington v. Ward, 48 S. C. 570 (26 S. E. 906, 38 L. R. A. 326-333 et seq.); City of Baltimore v. Wollman, 123 Md. 310, 319 (91 Atl. 339); Zucht v.…