Felt v. City of Des Moines

There is only one question in this case: whether or not City of Des Moines by ordinance exceeded its authority in establishing an inspection fee of one cent for each one hundred weight of fluid milk sold in Des Moines by producers residing outside the city.

Plaintiff lives in Dallas County and is a producer of Grade A milk for the Des Moines market. He is a member of an association known as Des Moines Cooperative Dairy, which is composed of about 1200 members who are dairy farmers living in several counties in and around Polk County and who sell their milk in the Des Moines milk market. During…