City of Columbia v. Putnam

Taylor, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of violating the Business and Professional License Ordinance of the City of Columbia.

Appellant is State Manager of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company which maintains an office in Columbia. He was charged with failure to pay for and procure a business license for said Company. It is admitted that no such license was applied for and that no license fee has been paid by said company.

Appellant contends that the ordinance is discriminatory, arbitrary and unreasonable (as applied to his Company) in that there is no maximum amount imposed by…