Atlantic Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Mayor of Savannah

When this case was before us on a writ of error to the judgment dismissing the petition on demurrer, it was held that the allegations of the petition were sufficient to call upon the city to show that the tax was reasonable, either by contesting the truth of the plaintiff’s allegations or by showing other matters which might tend to explain or lessen the evidentiary value of the plaintiff’s allegations, if proved on the trial. 133 Ga. 66 (65 S. E. 184). The case as made by the petition was, that there were two telegraph companies operating in Savannah, the Western Union and the plaintiff;…