Petitt v. Field

HYDE, Judge.

Declaratory judgment action to have declared unconstitutional and void House Bill 238 enacted by the 1959 General Assembly (Sale of Checks Law, Secs. 405.010-405.150, 1960 Pocket Part, V.A.M.S.) and to enjoin its enforcement. The court’s decree so declared and ordered a permanent injunction, and defendants have appealed.

The Act was entitled “An Act relating to the definition, licensing and regulating of the sale and issue of checks, drafts and money orders in this state as a service for a fee or other consideration, providing for investigation, licensing and regulation by the…