Southern Greyhound Lines v. City of Knoxville

The complainants filed their original bill in the Chancery Court of Knox County against the City of Knoxville, seeking a decree of the Court invalidating an ordinance of the City which imposed a tax upon each -of complainants in the amount of $15 for every bus owned and operated by them upon any street within the corporate limits of Knoxville during the year. The ordinance which complainants alleged to be invalid provides for the collection of tlie following amounts, tlie same being characterized as an ‘ ‘ annual fee ”:

“Motor trucks, trailers semi-trailers, and buses, from 8,000 lbs. up to…