Johnson v. City of Paducah

REED, Judge.

Paducah, a second-class city, enacted an ordinance which undertook to regulate the bail-bond business carried on within the city. James C. Johnson, Jr., an individual conducting a bail-bond business in Paducah, instituted this action against the city in the circuit court; he sought a declaratory judgment that the regulatory ordinance was unconstitutional and void. The circuit court declared that certain portions of the ordinance were invalid and unenforceable. Both Johnson and Paducah agree that this portion of the judgment is correct. The trial court sustained the validity of…