Winchester v. City of Gainesville

Duckworth, Justice.

The petition assails an ordinance of the City of Gainesville which regulates the operation of barber-shops, fixing hours for opening and closing, and minimum prices to be charged for services. While extensive averments are made as to the injury which petitioners have sustained and will sustain as a result of the ordinance, the only specific acts upon the part of the municipality to enforce the provisions of the ordinance are that copies of charges have repeatedly been given petitioners, directing them to appear in the municipal court and stand trial under the penal…