Legal Opinion

State Department of Revenue v. Birmingham Realty Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 18, 1951No. 6 Div. 885PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

On September 22, 1947, the State Department of Revenue, following the formula laid down in § 25, Title 51, Code of 1940, fixed the value of all the stock of the Birmingham Realty Company, as a basis for taxation at $2,563,114, this sum being 60 percent of the total value of said stock, which was ascertained to be $4,271,858 and deducted from the first mentioned ¿mount the assessed value of its real and personal property ascertained to be $2,194,959, leaving a taxable residue of $368,155.

The taxpayer feeling itself aggrieved by this assessment appealed to the circuit court •of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Heiner v. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1928
  2. State v. Pullman-Standard Car Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  3. North American Telegraph Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
  4. DeMoville v. Merchants & Farmers BankSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
  5. First National Bank of Estherville v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 1907

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Offenbecher v. Baron Services, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  2. Turner v. STATE DEPT. OF REVENUESupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
  3. State v. GREAT VALLEY LAND AND INVESTMENT CO.Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. Valentine v. StateCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  5. Rikard v. Alabama (In Re Rikard)District Court, N.D. Alabama · 1989

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