Sawtell v. City of Atlanta

Sawtell and others, who are engaged in the manufacture and sale of ice within the incorporate limits of the City of Atlanta, brought their petition seeking to enjoin the city from issuing tax executions and enforcing the provisions of an ordinance undertaking to impose a license tax upon the ice houses or agencies using and employing more than five wagons for delivery or selling purposes. The ordinance is in the following language: “Ice houses or agencies using or employing not more than five wagons for selling or delivery purposes, no license to issue for less time than to June 30th, 1912,…