DeKalb County v. Empire Distributors, Inc.

Grice, Presiding Justice.

The essential issue here is whether DeKalb County may constitutionally levy license fees upon Empire Distributors, Inc., and other wholesale dealers in alcoholic beverages and liquors, who are licensed and domiciled outside the county,, for "doing business” within the county by delivery and sale to retailers therein. The appellees, who were plaintiffs in the trial court, sought a declaratory judgment and injunction in the Superior Court of DeKalb County. They received a favorable judgment.

Their complaint made the essential allegations which follow.

The plaintiffs are…