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PHILLIPS v. CITY OF MOBILE

No. 113.

208 U.S. 472 (1908)

PHILLIPS v. CITY OF MOBILE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1908.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard William Stoutz, with whom Mr. Walter A. White was on the brief, for plaintiff in error in this case and in No. 112 argued simultaneously herewith:1

Mr. Burwell Boykin Boone for defendant in error in this case and in No. 112.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error asserts that a license tax, such as is provided in this ordinance, is a tax upon the seller of the goods under the license, and therefore a tax upon the goods themselves (Kehrer v. Stewart, 197 U.S. 60), and as they were brought into the State from another State...

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