Madison v. City of Maryville

This suit is before the court on complainant’s appeal from the order of the chancellor sustaining the demurrer of defendants and dismissing their bill.

It is alleged in the bill that complainant had been engaged in the sale of beer at Cusick and Parker Streets within the corporate limits of the City of Maryville, and had duly complied with the existing laws with reference to the dispensation of beer and had paid his license “up to July 1, 1938”; that on January 11, 1938, the defendant, City of Maryville, had passed ordinance No. 393, which by its terms and conditions vitally affected…