Davidson Estate v. Weeks

L. L. Davidson Estate, referred to as plaintiff, was a merchant at Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee, engaged in the wholesale produce business. As such it paid the tax assessed against merchants by section 1, article 3, item 57, chapter 13, Public Acts, Second Extra Session, 1931. Prom its place of business at Dyer it distributed fruits and produce. In January, 1933, the county court clerk of Chester County, upon information that plaintiff was exercising the privilege of a peddler of fruits and produce, issued a distress warrant to enforce payment of the tax imposed on peddlers by item 57 of…