City of Montgomery v. American Ry. Express Co.

Section 2158 of the Code of 1923 provides as follows; “The maximum amount of privilege or license tax which the several municipalities within this State may annually assess and collect of persons, firms or corporations engaged in the express business within the limits of such municipalities for the privilege of doing intrastate business * * * is fixed as follows: * * * in municipalities having a population of thirty thousand and oyer, five hundred dollars per annum. * * * Where more than one express company does business in any municipality, the privilege or. license tax as hereinabove…