City of Chattanooga v. Veatch

This was a prosecution commenced by warrant in Municipal Court of the City of Chattanooga, against Mary Kling Veatch for violation of Sections 148 through 155, Article XIX, Ordinance No. 4269, commonly known as The City Sticker Ordinance.

The trial judge was of the opinion that the sections of the ordinance in question contravened Article 11, Section 8, of the Constitution of Tennessee, and dismissed the prosecution.

The Ordinance in question requires an annual license of $5 on each passenger automobile and $2.50 on each motorcycle using the streets of the City of Chattanooga, more than thirty…