City of Louisville v. Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co.

VAN SANT, Commissioner.

This action by appellee was filed under the declaratory judgment act, Civ.Code Prac. § 639a-l et seq., and seeks a declaration that the City of Louisville and the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund had *122no power or authority, after October 1, 1942, to impose a license fee on taxicabs. As consequential relief, appellee prayed for judgment requiring appellant to refund the fees invalidly exacted of and collected from appellee during the five year period next preceding the filing of the petition. The principal question to be resolved was raised by a general demurrer to the…