City of Covington v. Herzog
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 78 — Action by Herman X- Herzog against the City oe Covington to Prevent it Prom Requiring Him to Pay a License Tax as Real Estate Agent in .Said City. APPEAL EROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT.
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Case 78 — Action by Herman X- Herzog against the City oe Covington to Prevent it Prom Requiring Him to Pay a License Tax as Real Estate Agent in .Said City. APPEAL EROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. Prom a Judgment Overruling its Demurrer to the Petition Dependant Appeals.- The constitutionality of the following ordinance is involved in this case: “Each and every person or firm engaged in the capacity of, or following the business ¡of, real estate shall pay a license annually of $25. By a real estate dealer or .agent (for the purpost of this section), is meant each and every person; or firm, who buys…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE BURNAM
Reversing.
The appellant, the city of Covington, appeals from a judgment of the Kenton Circuit Court overruling its general demurrer to the petition of appellee, and the entry of a judgment prohibiting the city from prosecuting appellee for con-, ducting a real estate business without license as required by ordinance. The petition of appellee alleges “that he has for many years been employed as the agent of other persons in buying, selling, and renting real estate, and in buying and selling mortgage and other real estate lien notes;” that the city of…
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- City of Covington v. WoodsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1895
- Commonwealth v. Pearl Laundry Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
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- Shugars v. HamiltonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1906