Jewel Tea Co. v. Lee's Summit
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri
In Equity. Suit by the Jewel Tea Company against Eee’s Summit, Mo., and others, to enjoin the enforcement of a municipal ordinance.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH McPHERSON, District Judge.
The defendants, the city and its mayor and marshal, are sought to be enjoined from enforcing an ordinance requiring a license of $1 per day for selling merchandise f^om wagons. There is a state statute with reference to peddlers. 'Emert v. Missouri, 156 U. S. 296, 15 Sup. Ct. 367, 39 L. Ed. 430.
[1] The bill of complaint and a deposition of complainant’s agent, show without conflict the following facts: Complainant is the owner of a store, and does business in Chicago, Ill. It has an agent, by name of Heins, who every two weeks goes from house to house in the…
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