People v. Mahoney

13 Cal.2d 729 (1939)

THE PEOPLE, Appellant,

v.

PAUL MAHONEY, Respondent.

L. A. No. 16757.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 28, 1939.

U.S. Webb, Attorney-General, and Paul D. McCormick, Deputy Attorney- General.

Maurice J. Hindin for Respondent.

Wyckoff, Gardner & Parker and Hubert Wyckoff, Jr., as Amici Curiae, on Behalf of Respondent.

SHENK, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment on a directed verdict in favor of the defendant in an action to recover alleged delinquent sales taxes.

The complaint alleged that the defendant was a retailer selling tangible personal property, and as…