Shaw v. Orem City

McDonough, justice.

The question for decision is whether an ordinance of Orem City, Utah, which prohibits the sale of beer on Sunday is a valid enactment. The ordinance provides:

“It shall be unlawful for any persons to engage in the business of the sale of light beer at retail in bottles or on draught within the corporate limits of Orem City on the first day of the week commonly called Sunday.”

The action was commenced below under the provision of the Declaratory Judgments Statute, Chapter 64 of Title 104, U. C. A. 1943. The plaintiff, a retailer of draught and bottled beer, thereby asked that…