CLARK COUNTY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

No. 3711.

265 P.2d 216 (1954)

CLARK COUNTY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

January 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger D. Foley, Dist. Atty., Clark County, Hawkins & Cannon, Las Vegas, for appellant.

W. T. Mathews, Atty. Gen., for plaintiff in intervention.

Roger Arnebergh, City Atty., Gilmore Tillman, Chief Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, for Water & Power.

John H. Mathews, Deputy City Atty., A. L. Lawson, Asst. City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., and Calvin M. Cory, Las Vegas, for respondent.


MERRILL, Justice.

Upon this appeal the sole question raised is whether the counties of this state have by statute been authorized to license businesses for purposes of revenue as distinguished from regulation. The statute involved is § 1942, N.C.L. 1929, 1931-1941 Supp., which specifies the powers of counties. Paragraph 14 of that section, at the time this action was commenced, provided as follows: "To fix, impose and collect a license tax on and to regulate...

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