Carl Ainsworth, Inc. v. Town of Morrison

This is an appeal from adverse rulings in a suit for an injunction to prohibit the enforcement of an ordinance and for a declaratory judgment to determine the validity of the ordinance. The trial court denied relief. We affirm.

The Town of Morrison (Morrison), with a population of 429, initiated and, after an election was held, enacted an ordinance which restricted the use of Stone Street and Mount Vernon Avenue for trucking purposes. The appellants operate gravel pits and quarries and have suffered a financial loss as a result of Morrison’s enforcement of the ordinance. Ordinance 117…