Hughes v. City of Detroit
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; McDonald (John S.), J., presiding. Bill by George Hughes and others against the city of Detroit and others to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
George Hughes and over 300 other *569plaintiffs residing in the city of Detroit engaged in the business of hucksters with, as they allege, large invested capital and established trade, filed this bill to restrain the city from enforcing through its police department the provisions of an ordinance adopted by its common council in June, 1920, and thereafter twice amended, entitled, “An ordinance to regulate the business of and to provide a license.for street vendors, hucksters and peddlers and to provide a penalty for a violation thereof.”
Plaintiffs concede the authority of the common council of…
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