U.S. FID. & GUAR. CO. v. CITY OF GREENVILLE

18696

250 S.C. 136 (1967)

156 S.E.2d 417

UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, Respondent, and The AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF GREENVILLE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

August 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Haynsworth, Perry, Bryant, Marion & Johnstone, of Greenville, for Appellant, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, and Ward, Howell & Barnes, of Spartanburg, for Appellant, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company.

W.H. Arnold, Esq., of Greenville, for Respondent.


August 24, 1967.

LEWIS, Justice.

The question to be decided is whether the City of Greenville may lawfully impose, under Section 47-271 of the 1962 Code of Laws, a business license tax in excess of $2,500.00 per year. The matter is here on appeal by plaintiffs, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, from an adverse judgment entered in their separate, but subsequently consolidated, actions to recover business...

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