City of Jeffersonville v. Sinclair Refining Co.

Hutcheson, Justice.

The Sinclair Befining Company, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, owns and operates a wholesale distributing station for petroleum products at Gordon in Wilkinson County, Georgia. Plaintiff has contracts with certain retail dealers of petroleum products located in the City of Jeffersonville. The city passed an ordinance providing that "any person, firm, or corporation, who shall either by himself or agents engage in or carry on any occupation, business, or calling enumerated in the subjoined schedule, shall pay license as per the following schedule, to.wit: oil dealers,…