City of Texarkana v. Brachfield

This appeal presents for determination (1) whether a city of the first class has authority to require hotels therein to be licensed and regulated by the city, and (2) whether the procedure employed by the city of Texarkana in this case was valid and lawful.

City Ordinance No. B-439, entitled “an ordinance to provide a new method of licensing rooming houses and hotels,” may be summarized by sections, as follows:

“Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a hotel without obtaining and having unrevoked at all times a license under this ordinance.

“Section 2. Each applicant must…