Wagner v. City of Covington
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion. The goods are shipped from Ohio and sold and delivered at wholesale in Kentucky in the original packages; are always in.transit except during the short pause incidental to delivery; when shipped, they are appropriated in a practical, if not in a technical, sense to the fulfillment of contracts with certain specific existing customers, with whom a general understanding is previously had…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The case is stated in the opinion. The goods are shipped from Ohio and sold and delivered at wholesale in Kentucky in the original packages; are always in.transit except during the short pause incidental to delivery; when shipped, they are appropriated in a practical, if not in a technical, sense to the fulfillment of contracts with certain specific existing customers, with whom a general understanding is previously had that plaintiffs in error will furnish them with such as they may need or desire to purchase of them. The goods are not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This was an action brought by plaintiffs in error in a state court of Kentucky against 'the City of Covington, a municipal corporation of that State, to recover license fees theretofore paid by them under certain ordinances of the city for the conduct of their business in Covington, and to enjoin the enforcement against them of a later ordinance calling for further like payments. The several ordinances, each in its turn, required all persons carrying on certain specified businesses in the city to take out licenses and pay license fees; among others, the business of wholesale dealer in what…
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