State Ex Rel. Hughes v. Wentworth

This cause is before us on motion to quash an alternative writ of mandamus commanding the tax collector of Escambia County to issue, without being required to pay therefor, a license tO' the petitioner, a resident of said County, authorizing him to operate for a profit a “place where dancing is engaged in” (for .which a State license of $100.00 is imposed by Section 23 of Chapter 18011, Acts of 1937 and a county license of $50.00 is imposed by Section 2 of the same Act) upon the ground that he is exempted from paying for such license by Section 27 of said Act.

The application for such “exempt…