White v. City of Decatur

The city of Decatur, a municipal corporation, located wholly in Morgan county, recovered a judgment against the petitioner, appellant in the Court of Appeals, for money alleged to be due as a license or privilege tax under an ordinance of said city duly adopted, levying such tax on businesses and occupa.tions conducted and carried on within the corporate limits of said city, and a like tax on businesses and occupations conducted outside of the city limits, but within its police jurisdiction, the tax on businesses and occupations last mentioned being equal to 50 per cent, of the tax on such…