State v. Downs

The State brought suit against J. B. Downs, doing business under the name of Forest Lumber Tie Company, to recover a license or privilege tax from defendant as a wholesale dealer in lumber, for part of the year 1933, and for all of the years 1934, 1935, 1936, and 1937, and also to recover certain license tax citation fees alleged to be due from said defendant. The suit was commenced on the 26th day of March, 1937.

The defendant demanded a jury trial, and the cause was submitted to the court and jury upon an agreed statement of facts, and the testimony of certain witnesses.

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