City of St. Charles Ex Rel. Palmer v. Schulte

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment recovered against him by the city of St. Charles for an occupation tax imposed by one of its ordinances on vendors of soft drinks. The ordinance, so far as material to the questions involved in this controversy, was as follows:

“Section 69. Soft Drink Vendors. Any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling or vending soft drinks or non-intoxicating liquors such as bottled sodas of any kind, or soda pop, coca cola, ginger ale, or other drinks, or any near-beer or so called beverage made or manufactured wholly or in part from…