Hickey & Co. v. Vandiver
Hickey & Co. v. Vandiver
Opinion of the Court
W. E. Hickey & Company Incorporated and others brought a petition for injunction against John M. Vandiver, commissioner of revenues, P. H. Jones, tax-collector of Dougherty County, and others, to prevent a sale of certain property levied upon under an execution issued against plaintiffs for special taxes alleged to be due by them under the tax act of 1923, Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1923, pp. 42, 53, sec. 2, which imposed (par. 67) : “Upon each person, firm, or corporation selling, whether as manufacturer, agent, or dealer in any lighting system, whether gas, gasoline, or electrical, $25 in each county,” and (par. 106) “Upon each person, firm, or corporation dealing in, as manufacturers of or agents for any waterworks system, whether the power of operating same is derived from a windmill, hydraulic, gas, or similar engine or electrical apparatus, the sum of $100 in each county wherein such business is carried on.” Also, to enjoin the defendants from “instituting criminal proceedings against petitioners or. any of them,” for failure to pay the tax. It was alleged that the tax was in violation of art. 1, sec. 8, par. 3, o'f the constitution of the Hnited States,
The record and the evidence being examined, it is held that the court did not err in the judgment to which exception is taken.
Judgment affirmed.
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