Cochran v. Town of Pitts

W. J. Cochran was convicted in the mayor’s court of the Town of Pitts on the charge of violating an ordinance providing that “all persons . . engaging in, or carrying on, in the Town of Pitts, Georgia; any business, occupation, or vocation herein specified shall pay license tax therefor as follows: ‘gasoline, kerosene oil, motor oil, or petroleum products, either or all, each dealer in, wholesale — $25.00. Gasoline and oil, each dealer in, either or both, retail — $35.00.’ ” A petition for certiorari was presented to the judge of the superior court of Wilcox county, and to his refusal to…