City of Guthrie v. Pike & Long

This action was brought by Pike & Long, a copartner ship composed of C. C. Pike and Gordon R. Long, against the city of Guthrie, a municipal corporation, to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance adopted by the city of Guthrie, under its police power, to regulate the business of plaintiffs. In their petition plaintiffs alleged that they had', for years past, operated a general merchandise store in the city of Guthrie, in which they sold merchandise acquired by them at sales of bankrupt stocks, stocks of merchandise injured by fire, smoke or water, which had been taken over by insurance…