Case Name: CONSOLIDATED CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, Appellant, v. Miriam M. DUSENBERRY, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1978-08-30
Citations: 362 So. 2d 132
Docket Number: No. JJ-28
Parties: CONSOLIDATED CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, Appellant, v. Miriam M. DUSENBERRY, Appellee.
Judges: SMITH, Acting C. J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 362
Pages: 132–133

Head Matter:
CONSOLIDATED CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, Appellant, v. Miriam M. DUSENBERRY, Appellee.
No. JJ-28.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Aug. 30, 1978.
Dawson A. McQuaig, Gen. Counsel, William Lee Allen and Eve D. Peck, Asst. Counsel, Jacksonville, for appellant.
John J. Sulik and David M. Wiesenfeld of Dawson, Galant, Maddox, Sulik & Nichols, Jacksonville, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
At issue here is the validity of Section 804.311 of the Jacksonville City Ordinance Code requiring a $1,000.00 occupational license fee for fortune tellers, clairvoyants, astrologists, etc. The trial court found that the ordinance, asserted by the city to be solely a revenue raising device, was . . unreasonable and thus illegal and void . . We agree that the ordinance is not valid as a revenue raising device and affirm the trial court's judgment. We do not in this opinion consider the power of the city to control this type of activity through regulatory ordinances.
AFFIRMED.
SMITH, Acting C. J., and MELVIN and BOOTH, JJ., concur.