Brown v. Foley

ADAMS, J.:

Appellant filed a bill for a declaratory decree under Chapter 87, Fla. Stat., 1941, F.S.A., testing the validity of a municipal ordinance of the City of Miami. The ordinance reads:

“. . . ‘no female shall be employed for the purpose of, or permitted, to serve any liquor by the drink over any bar or counter. . ." (Italics supplied.)

Appellant, a woman, alleges that she is a skilled bartender and that she will be deprived of valuable rights in the continuance of her trade if the above ordinance is valid; that subsequent to the effective date of the ordinance she entered into a contract…