Cunningham v. Stefanidi

Alex Stefanidi was arrested on a warrant charging that he did engage in the business of wholesale dealer in salt-water products without obtaining a license therefor as required by Chapter 19611, Acts of 1939. He was released on habeas corpus by the circuit court and the State appealed.

The question to be answered is whether or not Chapter 19611, Acts of 1939, imposes a license tax on wholesale dealers in salt-water products.

It was stipulated that petitioner was a wholesale dealer in commercial sponges, that he is not now and has not been for two years last past a retail dealer of such products…