Wright v. Town of Camden

The plaintiff in error, Wright, was arrested and fined $2 for violating Ordinance Number GB-24 of the Town of Camden. This ordinance in effect provided that people owning automobiles in the town should pay a certain license fee to the city for the purpose of operating said automobiles in the town. Wright refused to pay this fee because he considered the ordinance unconstitutional for various reasons. The trial judge under the authority of DeLay v. City of Chattanooga, 180 Tenn. 316, 174 S. W. (2d) 929, held the ordinance valid and affirmed the fine which had been entered against Wright by the…