State Ex Rel. Singleton v. Woodruff

TERRELL, J.:

Petitioner, a member of the religious sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses was engaged in distributing literature on the streets of Tampa, published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a foreign corporation. The said literature was devoted to the religious faith of the petitioner who was arrested on a charge of violating an ordinance of the city as follows:

“That a license tax of fifty ($50.00) Dollars per annum be and the same is hereby levied upon and shall be collected from every person whether principal, agent or employee exercising the privilege or engaging in the business…