Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Wright
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. In this case a rehearing was granted “in so far as the validity of the tax in question is involved in or depends upon the charters of the Southwestern and the Muscogee Railroad and the subsequent relevant legislation.”
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. In this case a rehearing was granted “in so far as the validity of the tax in question is involved in or depends upon the charters of the Southwestern and the Muscogee Railroad and the subsequent relevant legislation.” As to all other questions, leave to file the application for rehearing was denied. 249 U. S. 590. The judicial history of the charter tax exemptions is to be found in the.following cases: Central R. R. & Banking Co. v. Macon (1871), 43 Georgia, 605; Central R. R. & Banking Co. v. State (1874), 54 Georgia, 401; Southwestern R.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
In this case it was decided at the last term that the .plaintiff in error, the railway company, was exempt from liability to taxation as lessee of certain roads, 248 U. S. 525', as it had been decided a few terms earlier that it was exempt from taxation upon the fee of the same roads. 236 U. S. 674. A rehearing was granted on the question whether the exemption thus adjudged to exist extends to portions of the plaintiff in error’s road let to it by the Southwestern Railroad and the Muscogee Railroad, which were assumed to be embraced in the decision but were not specially discussed. The…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Wright v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Southwestern Railroad v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- South-Western Railroad & Banking Company. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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- In re Central of Georgia Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1942
- Green v. State Tax AssessorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1989
- State v. AlliesMontana Supreme Court · 1979
- Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion, Texas Attorney General Reports1945