Legal Opinion
City of Cabot v. Morgan
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 21, 1958No. 5-1560PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtG-boege Rose Smith, J.
On January 14, 1957, the Cabot city council adopted an ordinance levying a privilege tax upon those engaged in various occupations within the city. Some eighty people paid the tax, hut the ap-pellee Morgan and about seven others refused to pay. T-hey were brought before the mayor’s court, where it was ruled on May 17 that the ordinance was unconstitutional, and the defendants were discharged. Despite this ruling, on June 12 the city filed a civil action in a justice of the peace court for the collection of the tax from the delinquents.
On July 3 Morgan filed the present petition for a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Woollard v. Schaffer Stores Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Updegraff v. Attorney GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1941
- Pugh v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1940
- Staub v. Mayor &C. of BaxleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- City of Johnson City v. CaplanTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- UHS of Arkansas, Inc. v. Charter Hospital of Little Rock, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
- Mid-State Construction Co. v. MeansSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1968
- City of Fort Smith v. Didicom Towers, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
- Boyett v. BoyettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1980
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