Legal Opinion
Hawkins v. City of Birmingham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 11, 1940No. 6 Div. 559PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARDNER, Justice.
In March, 1939, an ordinance was adopted by the City Commission of Birmingham imposing certain additional license taxes upon. dealers in tobacco products, cigars, cigarettes and smoking tobacco, with provisions clearly designed to constitute such additional taxes in substance and effect consumers’ taxes.
In June, 1939, a petition was presented to the Probate Judge of Jefferson County purporting to be signed by five thousand qualified electo'rs of the city of Birmingham, looking to an election to be held for a repeal of said tobacco tax ordinance— said petition being filed…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- City of Birmingham v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Grider v. TallySupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
- Braxton County Court v. West Virginia Ex Rel. State Tax CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Yeilding v. State Ex Rel. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- Williams v. SchwarzSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
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3Cited by11 opinions
- CUPROWSKI v. City of Jersey CityNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1968
- Al Means, Inc. v. City of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
- Bell v. PritchardSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Dear v. PeekSupreme Court of Alabama · 1954
- Birmingham Gas Co. v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
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