Goldsmith v. Georgia Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Judgments. Amendment. Practice in the Superior Court. ' Before Judge Geioe. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1878. The comptroller-general issued execution against the Georgia Railroad for $23,802.07, as its tax for the year 1874. A levy was made and affidavit of illegality filed.
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Judgments. Amendment. Practice in the Superior Court. ' Before Judge Geioe. Fulton Superior Court. April Term, 1878. The comptroller-general issued execution against the Georgia Railroad for $23,802.07, as its tax for the year 1874. A levy was made and affidavit of illegality filed. Upon the issue thus formed the court adjudged that “ the illegality be sustained as to all tax claimed except the tax upon four hundred and forty shares of new stock, valued at $93.00 per share, being the sum of $204.50, and that the fi.fa. proceed to collect said last named sum, and the further sum of ---- for…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
The superior court passed its final judgment disposing of this litigation, so far as the present fi. fa. and affidavit of illegality are concerned, in December, 1874. That judgment was affirmed here in June, 1875. See 54 Ga., 423. The affirmance was simple- and unconditional, with *544no direction or special order in the matter. The effect of such affirmance was to leave the judgment of the superior court in as full force as if it had not been excepted to. And if it had not been excepted to, there can be no doubt that it would have been a finality to the case, and conclusive…
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