State v. Nichols

Citations

• 28 Wash. 628
• 69 P. 372
• 1902 Wash. LEXIS 529

Syllabus

<p>SUNDAY LAWS-POLICE POWER.</p> <p>The enactment of Sunday laws, requiring the cessation of labor on the score of the physical and moral well-being of society, is an appropriate exercise of the police power of the state.</p> <p>SAME-PROHIBITION OE BUSINESS-CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-DUE PROCESS.</p> <p>Bal. Code, § 7251, which provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to open on Sunday any shop, store or building, or place of business whatever, for the purpose of trade or sale of goods, wares and merchandise, is a legitimate exercise of the police power, and does not violate the constitutional prohibition against depriving a person of his property, without due process of Taw, nor is it an invasion of his constitutional right to the enjoyment of life, liberty and property.</p> <p>SAME-DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN CLASSES OE BUSINESS.</p> <p>The proviso to Bal. Code, § 7251, excepting from the operation of the statute hotels, drug stores, livery stables and undertakers does not violate the constitutional prohibition against the passage of laws granting to one class of citizens privileges or immunities which shall not equally .belong to all citizens, since there is no restriction on any person engaging in the excepted lines of business and thus obtaining equal advantages with all others engaged therein {Tacoma v. Krech, 15 Wash. 296, overruled) .</p>