Hammett v. Kansas City

The named plaintiffs and others, for themselves and all others similarly situated, brought this cause against Kansas City, the mayor and other city officers, for a declaratory judgment upon the constitutional validity of ordinance No. 6977, and to enjoin enforcement. Defendants filed a general demurrer to the petition, were overruled, stood on the demurrer, and refused to plead further. The court adjudged the ordinance void, enjoined enforcement, and defendants appealed.

Section 2 of the ordinance follows: "That no license or permit provided for or required under any ordinance of Kansas [72]…