Cooper v. Mintz & Goldblum

ODOM, Justice.

This is a suit to collect two checks issued by defendants in settlement of an amount which the State claimed to be due under Act No. 75 of 1936, known as “The Luxury Tax Law”, on which payment was ■ stopped by the makers. The checks are dat- ■ ed September 15, 1938, and the suit was filed .February 17, 19391

Defendants excepted to plaintiff’s petition on the ground that it disclosed no cause or right of .action. Reserving their rights under the exception, defendants answered, admitting that they issued and delivered the checks and that they stopped payment thereon. But they…