May Coal & Grain Co. v. Kansas City

REEVES, District Judge.

In this case plaintiff’s bill challenges the constitutional validity of Ordinance No. 3047 of the city of Kansas City. This ordi? nance in substance requires that all retail coal dealers in the city of Kansas City- shall be domiciled therein, that is to say, they shall “possess and own proper equipment for the operation of such retail business within the limits of the city; such equipment shall consist of a coal yard or station with reasonable facilities therefor, an office and a wagon scale of at least five-ton capacity.”

Plaintiff is the owner of a coalyard at Dodson,…