Chappell v. City of Birmingham

BROWN, Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether or, not The City Commission of the City of Birmingham exceeded its authority in prohibiting by ordinance the keeping, storing, use, manufacturing sale or handling of fire works within .the three mile limit constituting the extended police jurisdiction of the city. Code, 1923, § 1954.

The appellant concedes that the ordinance is valid in so far as it applies to the territory within the corporate limits of the city, but contends that in. applying the prohibitive provisions of the ordinance to the police jurisdiction outside the…