Knights of Iron Horse v. City of Detroit

On April 11, 1940, plaintiffs filed bill of complaint to enjoin defendants from putting into effect a resolution adopted by the common council of the city of Detroit, April 9, 1940. Such resolution reduced the rental of trucks, owned by the individual plaintiffs, and employed by the board of public works of the city of Detroit, from $17.50 to $14 per day. Plaintiffs appeal from decree dismissing their bill of complaint.

Plaintiff Knights of the Iron Horse is a nonprofit corporation whose members, including individual plaintiffs and others, owned trucks which were employed by the department of…