Dunbar-Stanley Studios, Inc. v. City of Mobile

Appellant complains here that the circuit court of Mobile County, in equity, erred in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to an original and amended bill of complaint, seeking a declaratory judgment, and in dismissing the complaint after complainant (appellant) declined further to amend.

It appears that appellee issued a citation to J. C. Penney Company, a non-resident corporation operating a retail store in the City of Mobile, for the sale of merchandise. The citation called upon Penney Company to pay a photographer’s privilege license imposed by an ordinance.

J. C. Penney Company is neither a…