City of Mobile v. Wooley

MERRILL, Justice.

This is an appeal from a final decree in which the equity court held invalid certain ordinances of the City of Mobile, appellant, as they applied to complainants (appellees), and ordered that the complainants recover of appellant certain amounts based upon the license taxes paid under the ordinances.

Appellees operated business establishments on the Mobile Causeway in Baldwin County. They were outside the city limits, but were within the city’s police jurisdiction.

The appellees filed their bill of complaint seeking a declaratory judgment on the validity of the license taxes…