City of Stamford v. Ballard

J. R. Ballard and others, who own and operate fishing camps and rent boats in Haskell County adjacent to Lake Stamford, which lake is a part of the City of Stamford, sued the city and its “lake officer”, McDaniel, in Haskell County. Plaintiffs -sought to have a penal ordinance levying an inspection fee on rent boats used on said lake held invalid and its enforcement enjoined. They alleged the city had enacted ■Ordinance 364 authorizing the city, through McDaniel, to collect $18 per boat from all owners of rent boats used on said lake as an annual inspection fee; that plaintiffs •owned fifty…