City of Meadville v. Caselman

The sole question presented here is the power and authority of’ a city of the fourth class to prohibit pool halls altogether within its corporate limits.

This suit for a declaratory judgment was instituted in the Circuit Court of Linn County, the plaintiffs being the City of Meadville, Lester Collins, as Mayor and Leland Tharp, Lee Woods, Ola L. Belcher and Stanley Duncan as Board of Aldermen of the City of Meadville.

The petition alleged that the City of Meadville was a municipal corporation, being a city of the fourth class. It alleged the official capacity of the other plaintiffs as above…