Wright v. Southwestern Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Tax. Constitutional law. Railroads. Laws. Stock. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb County. At Chambers. Deceiuber 22nd, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
The Southwestern Railroad Company brought their bill in equity against Wright, the comptroller-general of the state, and Cherry, the sheriff of Bibb county, to restrain them from .the collection of certain fi.fas. for taxes, purporting to be legally due the state for the years 1876 and 1877, but alleged in the bill to be unconstitutional and wholly illegal and void. The chancellor granted the injunction, and the defendants excepted.
The executions are each for some twenty odd thousand dollars, and for penalties for failure to return and pay taxes each in three times the amount…
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