Abrahams v. Beaman

By this action the plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendants from levying an assessment in the form of a tax upon “the business of trafficking in spiritous, vinous, malt or other intoxicating liquors” as provided by G. C., Section 6071. The answer of the defendants admits the placing of the assessment against the plaintiff, and denies all other allegations of the petition.

The case came on for trial, and plaintiff offered evidence tending to show that he was not at the time covered by the assessment, engaged in the business referred to, and rested his case. Thereupon the defendants offered in…