City Council v. Murphey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Tax. Laws. Assessments. Before Judge Roney. Richmond County. At Chambers, March 5,1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was a bill brought to enjoin the collection of assessments made, under an ordinance of the city of Augusta, *103upon the property of landed proprietors adjacent to the streets on which such improvements were made. The judge held that no authority was given to the city of Augusta, in any acts of the legislature, to make assessments in this manner. And on the hearing of the case, it was admitted by counsel for the city that there was no express legislative authority enabling them to make such assessments, but he contended that that authority was necessarily implied from certain…
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