Southern Exp. Co. v. Mayor of Ensley
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Alabama
In Equity. On demurrers to bill. On December 15, 1901, the board of mayor and councilmen of the city of Ensley passed an ordinance “to prescribe and fix licenses for businesses, occupations, professions and vocations in the city of Ensley, Alabama, for the year 1902." The first section ordained “that the following be and the same is hereby declared to be the schedule of licenses for the year 1902, for divers businesses, professions, occupations, and vocations carried on or…
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In Equity. On demurrers to bill. On December 15, 1901, the board of mayor and councilmen of the city of Ensley passed an ordinance “to prescribe and fix licenses for businesses, occupations, professions and vocations in the city of Ensley, Alabama, for the year 1902." The first section ordained “that the following be and the same is hereby declared to be the schedule of licenses for the year 1902, for divers businesses, professions, occupations, and vocations carried on or engaged in in the city of Ensley, Alabama, and each and every person, firm, company or corporation engaging in any of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJones, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above), i. The demurrers on the ground-that “the bill fails to show that complainant has complied with the laws of Alabama as a condition precedent to its right to do business in this state,” and that it also “fails to show that complainant is engaged in interstate commerce exclusively,” are neither of them well taken. Vance v. W. A. Vandercock Co., 170 U. S. 455, 18 Sup. Ct. 674, 42 L. Ed. 1100; Crutcher v. Com., 141 U. S. 47. 11 Sup. Ct. 851, 35 L. Ed. 649.
2. In Le Loup v. Port of Mobile, 127 U. S. 647, 8 Sup. Ct. 1380, 32 L. Ed. 311, an ordinance of the city of…
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