City of Irvine v. Bergman

Opinion op the Court by

Drury, Commissioner — •

Reversing.

The city of Irvine by ordinance imposed a tax or license charge of $20 per annum on laundries and laundry .agencies. Bergman conducts a hardware business in that •city, and, in connection with that business, has for more than a quarter of a century conducted a laundry agency. He began this action by filing a petition against the city, its board of council, and its police judge, to enjoin them from enforcing this ordinance against him. He was successful, and the city has appealed.

Irvine is a city of the fourth class, and is authorized by…