Davidson Transfer & Storage Co. v. City of Philadelphia

Lewis," P. J., and Carroll, J.,

In these further equity proceedings to restrain the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its Mercantile License Tax Ordinance adopted December 9, 1952, we have been called upon once again to determine the validity of the ordinance with respect to various corporate and noncorporate business enterprises in Philadelphia.

Plaintiffs who have brought these actions include the mutual and stock insurance companies located in the city, as well as the Bell Telephone Company, the trucking companies and the independent taxicab owners doing business in Philadelphia, the…