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BROWNING v. WAYCROSS

No. 259.

233 U.S. 16 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 578

58 L.Ed. 828

BROWNING v. CITY OF WAYCROSS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard A. Jones, with whom Mr. J.L. Sweat and Mr. Nathan Frank were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas S. Felder, Attorney General of the State of Georgia and Mr. W.W. Lambdin, for defendant in error, submitted.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was charged in a municipal court with violating an ordinance which imposed an annual occupation tax of $25 upon "lightning rod agents or dealers engaged in putting up or erecting lightning rods within the corporate limits" of the City of Waycross. Although admitting that he had carried on the business he pleaded not guilty and defended upon...

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