Legal Opinion
McAdams Oil Co. v. City of Los Angeles
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 20, 1939No. Civ. 12157PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCOMB, J.
From a judgment predicated upon the sustaining of a demurrer to plaintiff’s first amended complaint without leave to amend in an action to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance (No. 56,600, sec. 81) of defendant city, exacting a license tax of one-half cent per barrel on oil produced within the limits of the city of Los Angeles, plaintiff appeals.
The essential allegations of the amended complaint are that:(a) Defendant city adopted Ordinance No. 56,600, in which section 81 reads as follows:
“Every person, firm or corporation conducting, managing or carrying on the business of operating,…
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