Mayor of Vicksburg v. Mullane
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. HoN. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg against Eugene J. Mullane. From a decree granting a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Warren county. HoN. E. N. Thomas, Chancellor. Suit by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg against Eugene J. Mullane. From a decree granting a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction, complainant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. There are two legal grounds upon which this ordinance in all its parts is bottomed, either of which is perfectly good, and upholds and establishes its validity, and they are: First, it is a sanitary measure and falls under the police power of the city; and second, it is for the protection…
1Opinion of the CourtReed, J.
Eugene J. Mullane is a practical plumber in the city of Vicksburg. He is not a member of a firm nor an executive officer of a corporation engaged in plumbing work. Such work as he obtains he does himself, performing his own labor. He follows his trade for his livelihood. He does not maintain a bureau for the purpose of obtaining contracts. He has no special place of business in which he keeps plumbing supplies in order to furnish material to carry out contracts. By virtue of the construction of the laws of Mississippi, relative to privilege taxes (Code 1906, section 3854), in the case of…
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