Jones v. Carlton

The City of Kingsland passed an ordinance imposing certain license taxes for doing business in that municipality. The enforcement of the license tax was by fine, or labor on the streets, of all persons liable to the tax, who transacted business without first obtaining a license so to do. Several persons, conducting business within the purview of the ordinance, filed a petition against the mayor and marshal of the municipality, alleging, that the ordinance was void as not being authorized by the municipal charter; that petitioners had been arrested and fined for doing business without a…