WILLIAMS v. FEARS

No. 287.

179 U.S. 270 (1900)

WILLIAMS v. FEARS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Davison for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James M. Terrell for defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Persons following the occupations named in some twenty-nine paragraphs of section 2 of the Tax Act of 1898, if they failed to register their names before the ordinary, or, having registered, failed to pay their taxes, as required by section 4, were liable to indictment for misdemeanor.

The Supreme Court of Georgia pointed out that it did not distinctly appear whether Williams...

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