AINSWORTH v. BRYANT

Docket No. S.F. 17880.

34 Cal.2d 465 (1949)

211 P.2d 564

WALTER AINSWORTH, Appellant, v. EDWARD F. BRYANT, as City and County Tax Collector, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 23, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel W. Wicklow for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, J. Albert Hutchinson, Deputy Attorney General, E.R. Hoerchner, Chas. P. Scully and Holbrook & Tarr, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

John J. O' Toole, Dion R. Holm, City Attorneys, and Thomas J. Blanchard, Deputy City Attorney, for Respondents.


SPENCE, J.

Plaintiff, a retail seller of intoxicating liquor, brought this action to enjoin defendants from enforcing against him the "Purchase and Use Tax Ordinance" of the city and county of San Francisco. Defendants' demurrer to the complaint was sustained and an injunction was denied. From the judgment accordingly entered, plaintiff appeals.

Duly enacted by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and approved by the mayor in July, 1947, with the tax levy...

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