Davis & Co. v. Mayor of Macon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Municipal corporations. Tax. Constitutional law. License. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb County. At Chambers. September L6, 1879. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
In July, 1879, the city corporation of Macon issued a.fi. fa. against H. G. Davis & Co. for fifty dollars, “it being license city tax for retailing fresh and butcher’s meats in the city, and peddling the 'same on the streets, for the year 1879.” Also a fi.fa. for twenty-five dollars, “it being license city tax for running a one-horse wagon for the year 1879.” Both these fi. fas. were levied by the city marshal upon certain personal property of Davis & Co. An ordinance of the city, passed June 12th, 1879, declared that the vaiious amounts specified therein should be levied…
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