Supreme Court of Georgia, 1909

Mayor of Americus v. Berner

Mayor of Americus v. Berner
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 15, 1909 · Holden
131 Ga. 802; 63 S.E. 347; 1909 Ga. LEXIS 14

Mayor of Americus v. Berner

Opinion of the Court

Holden, J.

1. If the defendant was an itinerant trader, the plaintiff in error had no power to impose upon him a prohibitory tax for a license to carry on a useful and legitimate business by selling clothing, shoes, 'and similar articles in a storehouse in the City of Americus.

Argued July 24, 1908. Decided January 15, 1909.Injunction. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. April 11, 1908.J. B. Hudson, L. J. Blalock, and B. L. Maynard, for plaintiff in error. W. T. Lane, contra.

2. Under the evidence submitted at the interlocutory hearing, the court committed no error in granting an injunction.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur, except Fish, O. J., absent.

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