Blytheville v. Webb

This appeal is prosecuted by the city of Blytheville on judgment of the circuit court reversing the judgment of the police court of that city, convicting appellee for a violation of an ordinance prohibiting the' engaging in the oil and gas business without a city license. The case was submitted to the circuit court on agreed statement of facts, the .jury béing waived, and the court found the appellee not guilty.

The appellee is an oil and gas dealer, a wholesale distributor thereof, with office and storage tanks just outside the corporate limits of the city of Blytheville. Pursuant to an…