Fidelity Fruit & Produce Co. v. City of Atlanta

Bussell, Chief Justice.

The City of Atlanta sought to collect from wholesale dealers in produce a quarterly license of $30. The Fidelity Fruit and Produce Company- is engaged in the sale at wholesale, in said city, of perishable farm products, including products of orchard and grove, at a fixed location therein, and it refused to pay such license. Thereupon the city issued an execution therefor, and it was levied on a cash register of the company, which was advertised for sale. The produce company filed a petition praying that the city be enjoined from collecting said tax from it, and from…