Fischbach Brewing Co. v. City of St. Louis

Fischbach Brewing Company, a corporation, operating a brewery, with its place of business in the city of St. Charles, Missouri, seeks to restrain the city of St. Louis, the Excise Commissioner and License Collector of said city from enforcing against said corporation, its agents, servants and employees, the provisions of an ordinance (No. 40,274) of said city, effective about March 23, 1934, and providing, among other things, for the appointment of an excise commissioner of said city, for a license fee, tax or charge for the privilege of manufacturing intoxicating liquors for sale and…