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DeKALB COUNTY v. EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS

27315.

229 Ga. 497 (1972)

192 S.E.2d 346

DeKALB COUNTY v. EMPIRE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1972.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Dillard, Herbert O. Edwards, Robert E. Mozley, for appellant.

Rich, Bass, Kidd & Broome, Robert K. Broome, Casper Rich, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellees.

GRICE, Presiding Justice.

The essential issue here is whether DeKalb County may constitutionally levy license fees upon Empire Distributors, Inc., and other wholesale dealers in alcoholic beverages and liquors, who are licensed and domiciled outside the county, for "doing business" within the county by delivery and sale to retailers therein. The appellees, who were plaintiffs in the trial court, sought a declaratory judgment...

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