CITY OF COLUMBUS v. ATLANTA CIGAR CO.

41219.

111 Ga. App. 772 (1965)

143 S.E.2d 416

CITY OF COLUMBUS v. ATLANTA CIGAR COMPANY, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 12, 1965.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis & Davis, L. L. Davis, Lennie F. Davis, for plaintiff in error.

Norton & Cooper, William L. Norton, Jr., contra.


JORDAN, Judge.

This was a suit for declaratory judgment to determine the legality and constitutionality of Ordinance No. 64-9 of the City of Columbus, adopted March 2, 1964, which purported to levy upon "every person who sells, stores or delivers cigarettes" in the City of Columbus, a "license tax" in an amount equal to "two cents for each twenty cigarettes or fraction of said number, contained in the package sold, stored or delivered."

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