Franks v. City of Jasper

68 So.2d 306 (1953)

FRANKS et al.

v.

CITY OF JASPER.

6 Div. 484.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 5, 1953.

Chas. E. Tweedy, Jr., and Jim Beech, Jr., Jasper, for appellants.

Elliott & Petree, Jasper, for appellee.

LAWSON, Justice.

The City of Jasper is a municipal corporation authorized to levy privilege licenses on retail merchants. The governing authority of that city on December 26, 1950, adopted an ordinance, effective January 1, 1951, pertinent parts of which read as follows:

"Section 1. That there is hereby levied for the calendar year 1951 and each calendar year thereafter licenses for the…