Alexander Bros. v. Greenville County
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before BarlE, J., Greenville, June, 1896. Claim by Alexander Bros, against Greenville County for license tax as hawkers and peddlers, paid under protest. County board of commissioners disallowed the claim. Plaintiffs appealed. Circuit Court affirmed judgment below. Plaintiffs appeal. cites: 42 S. C., 211. cites: 21 Stat., 407; 42 S. C., 211.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
The appellants have been doing business in the city of Greenville, in this State, as merchants for five and a half years — paying city, county, and State taxes upon all their stock of merchandize; they deal in musical instruments and sewing machines — rarely keeping more than one organ or sewing machine at a time; they take orders from the people in their store in the city for these things, and then deliver them to those living in the country around from their wagon; but in the event their agent while in the country filling orders can…
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