State v. Gallagher Transfer & Storage Co.

The defendant was sued for certain additional licenses for the years 1919-1921, it being alleged that defendant was engaged for those years in the business of drayage and did not pay sufficient license.

The defenses set up are that the state was estopped from claiming any additional license by reason of its officers having received without complaint the amount paid; that the license law (section 14 of Act 171 of 1898) levies no license upon the business of drayage; that at any rate said license law levies no license for said business upon corporations, but, if at all, only upon individuals…