City of Prichard v. Richardson

STAKELY, Justice.

This is a suit brought on the common counts to recover taxes in the amount of $1058.98, which the plaintiff, Cammie Richardson (appellee), claims t'o have paid under protest to the defendant, the City of Prichard, a municipal corporation (appellant). This amount was paid under protest, as appellant claims, as license taxes for the operation of a drive-in filling station or stations. Cammie Richardson operated the filling station or stations in the community of Toulminville, which was within the police jurisdiction of the City of Prichard, but outside its city limits. 'The…