Meyers v. Copeland

This cause originated in the court of common pleas of Hamilton county, Ohio, as an injunction suit by a merchant in the city of Cincinnati to restrain enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting an auction sale of jewelry. It is admitted that Meyers was a merchant conducting a jewelry business and'that his business was conducted at retail over the counter in the ordinary course of business, but that by reason of the building where his business had theretofore been conducted being about to be torn down, it was necessary to dispose of a large stock of jewelry within a short time.

An ordinance of the…