Greene County v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Presiding Justice Cobb and Justice Lumpkin being disqualified, Judges Freeman and Littlejohn, of the Coweta and Southwestern circuits, were designated to preside instead. Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Pendleton. Pulton superior court.
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Presiding Justice Cobb and Justice Lumpkin being disqualified, Judges Freeman and Littlejohn, of the Coweta and Southwestern circuits, were designated to preside instead. Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Pendleton. Pulton superior court. March 20, 1906. The County of Greene, the County of Taliaferro, the County of Oglethorpe, the County of Walton, the County of McDuffie, the County of Columbia, the City of Union Point, the City of Greensboro, and the Mayor and Council of the Town of Crawfordville, filed •a petition against W. A. Wright as comptroller-general of the State, in which is set…
1Opinion of the CourtFreeman, J.
(After stating the facts.) Prior to the passage of the act of 1889 (Acts 1889, p. 29) now embodied in the Political Code, §§ 784 et seq., the property of railroad companies in this State could not be subjected to taxation for county purposes, except that under the act of 1883 (Acts 1882-3, p. 39) the property *507.of such companies not used in the conduct of its usual and ordinary business was made taxable by counties and municipalities wherein such property was located; and prior to the act of 1890 (Acts 1890-1, p. 52) now embodied in the Political Code, §§ 725 et seq., municipalities could…
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