City of Anniston v. Jewel Tea Co.

This is a suit by the city of Anniston against the Jewel Tea Company, a corporation, to collect a license tax from the defendant for doing business as a peddler with a one-horse wagon in the city of Anniston during the years 1917 and 1918; said license being for $75 each year and 50 cents for issuing the same.

The plaintiff introduced in evidence the license ordinance for the said city for the years 1917 and 1918, giving the city the right to collect from each person, firm or corporation engaged as a peddler in said city with a one-horse wagon a license of $75 per annum and a 50 cent fee for…