Randolph v. Yellowstone Kit
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. This action was brought by “Yellowstone Kit,” as'the plaintiff called himself, against F. C. Randolph, judge of probate of said county, to recover the sum of $300, which he had paid to the defendant, under protest, as a license tax imposed by the provisions of the amendatory revenue law approved December 11th, 1886 (§ 5, subd. 18), on “peddlers of medicines or other articles of like…
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Appeal from tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. Thos. M. Arrington. This action was brought by “Yellowstone Kit,” as'the plaintiff called himself, against F. C. Randolph, judge of probate of said county, to recover the sum of $300, which he had paid to the defendant, under protest, as a license tax imposed by the provisions of the amendatory revenue law approved December 11th, 1886 (§ 5, subd. 18), on “peddlers of medicines or other articles of like character.” The case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts, as follows:. “It is agreed and admitted, that plaintiff came…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The term “peddler” has many definitions, more or less full. It is the noun of the verb to peddle, the definition of which is, “to go about and sell; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; to retail in very small quantities.” — Webster’s Dic.; Worcester’s Dic.; Imperial Dic.; Bouvier’s Law Dic.; Bapelje & Lawrence Law Dic. These several definitions vary somewhat in phraseology, but they are not very materially different in meaning. Its popular signification is, a small retail dealer, who, carrying his merchandise with him, travels from house to house, or from place io…
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- Higgins v. RinkerTexas Supreme Court · 1877
- Mayor of Wetumpka v. WinterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1857
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- Ballou v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1888