OREM CITY v. PYNE

No. 10211.

16 Utah 2d 355 (1965)

401 P.2d 181

OREM CITY, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLANT, v. DEE PYNE, DEFENDANT AND RESPONDENT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.V. Wentz, Provo, for plaintiff and appellant.

Franklin H. Butterfield, Orem, for defendant and respondent.


HENRIOD, Chief Justice:

Appeal from a dismissal of a complaint charging violation of a revenue-raising ordinance where Pyne, a used-car dealer refused to pay a so-called "business tax" on the ground it was unconstitutionally discriminatory. Affirmed.

Orem passed an ordinance in which businesses were charged with a tax, admittedly to raise revenue, in which about 201 alleged businesses were affected, including Pyne's, with many exceptions allowed for similar...

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