City of Dayton v. S. S. Kresge Co.

The only question presented in this case is whether a municipal corporation may, by ordinance, prohibit mercantile establishments from using double-acting exit doors, and require the exit doors of such establishments to be so constructed and installed as to swing outward only. The ordinance of the city of Dayton having reference to the exit doors of mercantile establishments required that such doors should swing outward and toward the open or natural means of egress, and prohibited rolling, double-acting, sliding, and revolving doors as a means of egress from such establishments. The remedy…