Gronlund v. Salt Lake City

McDONOUGH, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff instituted action under the declaratory judgment statute to have the court adjudge invalid as not within the powers granted to municipal corporations and unconstitutional as discriminatory, a Salt Lake City ordinance known as the “Sunday Closing Ordinance.” The court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, and on refusal of plaintiff to amend, the action was dismissed, and plaintiff appeals. The sole question to be determined is whether the complaint states a cause of action. If the Sunday closing ordinance is constitutional and otherwise valid, the lower…