City of Monett v. Hall
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Lawrence County Circuit Court. — Eon. F. O. Johnston, Judge. (1) The city of Monett being a city of the third class had the right to pass ordinance No. 166 in question, taxing occupations and trades in addition to the ad valorem tax provided by ordinance 165 and the Hall Grocery Company acting through its manager F. M. Hall, was as much bound to pay the tax as any person or firm engaged in dealing in groceries and provisions in the city of Monett, which tax the…
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Appeal from Lawrence County Circuit Court. — Eon. F. O. Johnston, Judge. (1) The city of Monett being a city of the third class had the right to pass ordinance No. 166 in question, taxing occupations and trades in addition to the ad valorem tax provided by ordinance 165 and the Hall Grocery Company acting through its manager F. M. Hall, was as much bound to pay the tax as any person or firm engaged in dealing in groceries and provisions in the city of Monett, which tax the facts show had not been paid in conformity to section 1 of ordinance No. 166 as amended by ordinance No. 172. R. S. 1899,…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
The city of Monett prosecutes the defendant on a charge of acting as manager of a private corporation engaged in the retail grocery trade without having paid an occupation tax and procured a license as a retail grocer. A trial was had before the court without a jury. The court found the issues for the defendant and the city appeals.
The material facts are: plaintiff is a city of the third class, organized and existing under the provisions-of the general law which constitute its charter. It hr/! duly provided two separate ordinances, one enactment levying an ad valorem or merchant’s tax, and…
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