Gulfport Building & Loan Ass'n v. City of Gulfport

Appellant brought this action against appellee in the circuit court of Harrison county7, to recover of the latter the sum of five hundred dollars, being the aggregate of several years’ privilege taxes paid by appellant to appellee for the privilege of conducting a building and loan business in the city7 of Gulfport. Appellee demurred to appellant’s declaration, which demurrer was by the court sustained, and the action dismissed. From that judgment, appellant prosecutes this appeal.

The declaration, leaving out the formal parts, follows:

“Now comes the Gulfport Building & 'Lloan Association, a…