U.S. FIDELITY & GUAR. CO. v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG

19896

263 S.C. 169 (1974)

209 S.E.2d 36

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. CITY OF SPARTANBURG and the Treasurer of Said City, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Bernard Manning and Thomas Kemmerlin, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant.

T. Emmet Walsh, Esq., of Spartanburg, for Respondents.


October 8, 1974.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

The troublesome question on this appeal is whether the Business License Ordinance of the City of Spartanburg imposed a palpably unreasonable and irrational tax on the appellant, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and others of its class, for the privilege of writing fire and casualty insurance in the City in 1971 and 1972, thus depriving appellant of equal protection...

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