Ferguson v. McDonald
Supreme Court of Florida
Writ of error to Circuit Court of T)ade County; L. W. Bethel, Ju-dge.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
In habeas corpus proceedings W. H. McDonald was discharged from custody of the city marshal under a sentence of conviction by the municipal court of the City of Miami, Florida, for violating the ordinance of the city by doing business in said city as Agent of the Western Union Telegraph Company, which such company had not procured a license to do business therein as required by the city ordinance, the court holding the ordinance imposing the license tax on the company *497to be invalid. The city through its marshal obtained a writ of error under the statute. Sec. 2257 Gen. Stats, of 1906.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Kansas Ex Rel. ColemanSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Simpson v. ShepardSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Quong Wing v. KirkendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Telegraph Co. v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Caldwell v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Sanders v. HowellSupreme Court of Florida · 1917
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