Walgreen Drug Stores Company v. Lee

TERRELL, J.;

Appéllant filed its bill of complaint in the Circuit Court alleging that from February, 1936, to May, 1941, it owned and operated a chain of stores in the State of Florida consisting of a general mercantile department and a restaurant department; that each of said departments was operated on its books as a separate and distinct business; that the volume óf business, number of customers, and other factors warranted such method of operation; that, despite the fact that the law of Florida relieved the restaurant department of the gross receipts tax, the Comptroller required payment…