Fitch v. City of Madison

The appellants filed their complaint in the Circuit Court to enjoin the collection of certain city taxes, alleged to have been illegally assessed against them. A demurrer was sustained to the complaint. - The principal question raised is as to the power of the city, under its charter, to levy a tax on the capital invested by the appellants in pork, for export to a foreign market.

The facts alleged in the complaint, so far as it is necessary to state them for the purpose of a proper understanding of the question, are these: Fitch § Son were residents of the City of Madison, Ind., and, for…