City of Williamsport v. Wenner
City of Williamsport v. Wenner
Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought to recover the amount of a license or business tax assessed by the city of Williamsport against the defendant, a merchant doing business therein. By consent of
Judgment affirmed.
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- City of Williamsport v. John Wenner
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- Taxation — Glassification—Municipalities—License or business tax — Act of May 23, 1889. Under clause 4, section 3, article 5, of the act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 287, giving to the councils of cities of the third class power to levy and collect for general revenue purposes a license tax not exceeding one hundred dollars upon merchants and others, councils may in the exercise of their discretion classify merchants or others according to the amount of taeir gross sales, and graduate the tax according to such sales. A license tax empowered to be levied and collected by virtue of the act of May 23, 1889, P. L. 287, is a tax in a general sense, and is not levied under the police power of the city.