Supreme Court of Georgia, 1886

Ezell v. Thrasher

Ezell v. Thrasher
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 1, 1886 · Jackson
1 Ga. L. Rep. 446

Ezell v. Thrasher

Opinion of the Court

Jackson, C. J.

Where one traveled about, carrying with him all the tools, ladders, etc., necessary to putting up and repairing lightning rods, and charged for putting rods in houses a certain amount per foot and a certain amount for points, a part of the charge being for putting them up, and where he did not sell any lightning rods without putting them up, he was not a peddler and was not subject to the forfeiture provided for in 533 of the Code for peddling without a license. Code, 528, 529.

(a) The status of itinerant lightning-rod dealers has received a legislative eonstruction in the general tax act of 1884. Acts 1884 5, p 22.

Judgment affirmed,

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