Town of Warrior v. Blaylock

Appellee filed suit in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, equity division, against appellants seeking a declaratory determination of the validity of an ordinance passed by the Town of Warrior, located in Jefferson County.

The ordinance, as it appears in the complaint of record in this appeal, levies on each wholesale or retail beer dealer doing business within the corporate limits of the town a privilege license tax in the sum of $5,000.-00.

The complaint is that the levy is unreasonable, excessive, prohibitory, discriminating, and violative of complainant’s constitutional rights…