Craig v. Mayor and Aldermen

The bill was filed in this cause under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act, to test the validity of an ordinance passed by the board of mayor and aldermen of the town of Gallatin, in 1916, requiring all pool and billiard rooms within the corporate limits of the town to remain closed between the hours of sis P. M. and seven A. M., and making the violation of such ordinance a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, and to enjoin the enforcement of said ordinance on the ground that it .is unreasonable, oppressive, and void as it deprives complainants of their rights and property.

The chancellor found…