Cities Service Oil Co. v. City of Marysville

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On October 8,1928, the mayor and council of Marysville, a city of the second class, passed an ordinance forbidding gasoline, kerosene or other inflammable or combustible liquid to be kept or stored within the corporate boundaries otherwise than in tanks, barrels or other containers buried at least three feet underground, exceptions being made in the case of crude oil, distillate or fuel oil in containers of 500 gallons or less, and of gasoline, kerosene or naphtha in quantities of less than 10 gallons. ■ The Cities Service Oil Company brought…