Legal Opinion
Newton v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 1939No. 13047PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, Justice.
Sixteen partnership and individual wholesale dealers in fruits and other produce in Atlanta, for themselves and others similarly situated, joined by nine others, filed a petition for injunction against the City of Atlanta and two of its officers, to enjoin enforcement of an annual occupation tax of $100, levied on “dealers in . . fruits and produce . . at wholesale.” It was alleged that their business as wholesale dealers was conducted entirely in the Georgia State Farmers Market, created and operated by the State through the commissioner of agriculture under the act of…
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