CHEEK v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE

No. 280.

160 S.E.2d 18 (1968)

273 N.C. 293

Jean P. CHEEK and Gilbert A. Cheek, t/a Paja's Beauty and Health Center, and Violet M. McDaniel, Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF CHARLOTTE, a municipal corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craighill, Rendleman & Clarkson, by Francis O. Clarkson, Jr., and Hugh B. Campbell, Jr., Charlotte, for plaintiff appellants.

Paul L. Whitfield, Charlotte, for defendant appellee.


SHARP, Justice.

Plaintiffs first attack the ordinance with the assertion that it unreasonably obstructs their right to earn a livelihood by giving massage treatments, which—they say—is an ordinary and harmless occupation which defendant has no authority to regulate.

The rule is that a statute or ordinance which curtails the right of any person to engage in any occupation can be sustained as a valid exercise of the police power only if it is reasonably...

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