Henry County v. Standard Oil Co.

delivered tlie opinion of the Court.

The county trustee sues to recover from defendant oil companies certain funds alleged to have been collected by them pursuant to section 14, chapter 125, Private Acts 1931, which act required each wholesale dealer doing business in the county to collect “two cents tax on each gallon of gasoline sold in said County” and to report and pay over to the trustee monthly these collections. However, the bill shoving’ that this Act of 1931 had been adjudged unconstitutional within thirty days after its passage, demurrers were filed on this and other grounds, which…