State Ex Rel. Harris v. Bowden

This case is before us on writ of error to a judgment in mandamus proceedings wherein the return to the alternative writ was held sufficient in law and motion for peremptory writ to issue, notwithstanding the several returns', was denied.

The purpose of the writ was to coerce the Tax Collector of Duval County to collect from the. Whiddon’s Cash Stores a State license tax of $250.00 and a county license tax of $125.00 under the provisions of Section 928 R. G. S., 1199 C. G. L., which was originally Section 35 of Chapter 6421, Acts of 1913, as amended by Chapter 6923, Acts of 1915, imposing a…