Kentz v. City of Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. This action was brought by the City of Mobile, the appellee, against the appellant, Joseph Kentz.
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Tried before the Hon. O. J. Semmes. This action was brought by the City of Mobile, the appellee, against the appellant, Joseph Kentz. The complaint charges that Joseph Kentz, the appellant, violated an ordinance of the city of Mobile, known as the'license ordinance, which required every firm, association or corporation, trading or carrying on any business, trade or profession, by agents, or otherwise, within the limits of the city of Mobile, to pay a license as in said ordinance fixed. _ The ordinance and sections thereof involved in this controversy, which were set forth in the .complaint…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The new charter of Mobile (Acts, 1896-97, p. 542) in section 28 bestows on the general council of the city, for the purpose of carrying on the government of the city under its charter, the power to levy and collect a tax, each year, upon all the real and personal property, and all subjects of State taxation, within the city, not exceeding six-tenths of one per cent.
Section 43 provides, that the general council shall, “besides the tax heretofore authorized [under said section 28], have the authority to levy and collect from all persons and corporations, trading or carrying on any business,…
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