City of Shreveport v. Schultz

O’NIELL, O. J.

The question propounded is whether a municipal ordinance which appellant stands convicted of having violated is contrary to the due process clause and the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (section 1).

The ordinance, styled “Ordinance No. 26 of 1923,” makes it an offense, and imposes' a penalty of fine and imprisonment, for any person, firm, or corporation to ow(n or conduct a junk business, or to possess "any junk, within a designated and so-called fire district, unless the junk is kept in a brick building.

The judge of the city court ruled that all doubts about…