Legal Opinion
Soares v. City of Santa Maria
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 29, 1940No. Civ. 2515PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARKS, J.—This
is an appeal from a judgment refusing plaintiff recovery of $100 paid as a city license, under the terms of a license ordinance of Santa Maria, permitting her to solicit and take orders for goods manufactured in Cincinnati, Ohio, and delivered in Santa Maria.
The ordinance provides for a license of $20 per quarter for a solicitor who has been in business at least one year, but five times that amount for one who has been in business for less than that time. It also provides for a refund of four-fifths of the larger amount at the end of one year if the solicitor- stays in business…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Real Silk Hosiery Mills v. City of PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Barker Bros., Inc. v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- In Re WeisbergCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
- Trower v. City & County of San FranciscoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Koenig v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1945
- Del Mar Canning Co. v. PayneCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Accounting Corp. of America v. State Board of AccountancyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- People v. SullivanCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1943
- Associated Home Builders of the Greater East Bay, Inc. v. City of NewarkCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
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