Ex parte Taylor
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the decision of the Hou. U. M. Young, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District, on habeas corpus. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. Has a State, or a municipal corporation under its direction and authority, the right to impose and collect a tax, for purposes of revenue, upon the business or calling of a drummer or commercial agent, prosecuted within the limits of the one or the other? See Ex parte Robinson, 12 Nev. 263; Machine Go. v. Gage, 10…
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Appeal from the decision of the Hou. U. M. Young, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District, on habeas corpus. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. 1. Has a State, or a municipal corporation under its direction and authority, the right to impose and collect a tax, for purposes of revenue, upon the business or calling of a drummer or commercial agent, prosecuted within the limits of the one or the other? See Ex parte Robinson, 12 Nev. 263; Machine Go. v. Gage, 10 Otto, 676 ; Harrison v. Gity.of Vicksburg, 3 Smed. & M. 581; Woodruff v. Parham, 8 Wall. 123 ; 8 Wall. 110, 148 ; Hathanv.…
1Opinion of the CourtChalmers, C. J.
The- mayor and aldermen of the city of Vicksburg imposed a privilege-tax of $5 per week upon all commercial travellers and drummers, and sought to compel its payment from the relator by arrest and imprisonment. The relator sued out this writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the city authorities had no right, under their charter, to enact an ordinance imposing such a tax, and being sustained in this position by the judge below, was discharged from custody. The city appeals under that clause of our Habeas Corpus Act which gives to either party aggrieved the right to appeal. Code 1880, sect.…
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