Streckfus Steamers, Inc. v. Mayor & Aldermen of Vicksburg

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Proceeding expressly in admiralty, Streckfus Steamers, Inc., alleging itself to be the owner and operator of river steamers licensed and enrolled under named acts of Congress at St. Louis, Mo., to ply the Mississippi river, a navigable water of the United States, and engaged in conducting river excursions from time to time from cities on the river and return thereto, and especially from Vicksburg, Miss., complains of a city ordinance of that municipality levying, among other taxes, a license tax of “S200 upon each excursion boat taking passengers to and from the City for…