Mayor of Tuscaloosa v. Holczstein
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before the Hob. S. H. Sprott. The appellee, A. Holczstein, was tried for the violation of a city ordinance, and from a judgment of acquittal the municipality appeals. • The city charter of Tuscaloosa will be fouud in Acts of Alabama, 1894-95, page 1079. All other facts necessary to an understanding of the opinion are stated therein. cited Acts, 1894-95, page 1079; Mobile v. Graft & Go., 94 Ala. 156; Van Hook v. Selma, 70…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa. Tried before the Hob. S. H. Sprott. The appellee, A. Holczstein, was tried for the violation of a city ordinance, and from a judgment of acquittal the municipality appeals. • The city charter of Tuscaloosa will be fouud in Acts of Alabama, 1894-95, page 1079. All other facts necessary to an understanding of the opinion are stated therein. cited Acts, 1894-95, page 1079; Mobile v. Graft & Go., 94 Ala. 156; Van Hook v. Selma, 70 Ala,. 363; Mobile v. Richards Sons, 98 Ala. 594; 1 Hill. Munic Oorp., § 91. cited Ex parte Sims, 120 Ala. 120; Mobile v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, C. J.
The mayor and aldermen of Tuscaloosa are authorized by the charter of that city “to levy and collect annually a tax on and to regulate and license the persons, businesses, vocations and privileges” therein mentioned, to-wit “* * * millinery establishments; * * * each person or firm engaged in merchandising or carrying on any business of a mercantile character,” etc., etc. The mayor and aldermen of the city in attempting to exercise the power thus conferred passed an ordinance levying license taxes upon a great number of persons, businesses, occupations and privileges, and, among the rest, the…
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