Wells v. Mayor of Savannah
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Taxation. Municipal corporations. Title. • Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. December term, 1890. Wells et al. excepted to the denial of a temporary injunction against the mayor and aldermen and the city marshal of Savannah, to restrain the enforcement of executions for municipal taxes against certain lots of land in that city, known as “ city» lots ” or “ leased lots ” or “ ground rent lots.”
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Injunction. Taxation. Municipal corporations. Title. • Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. December term, 1890. Wells et al. excepted to the denial of a temporary injunction against the mayor and aldermen and the city marshal of Savannah, to restrain the enforcement of executions for municipal taxes against certain lots of land in that city, known as “ city» lots ” or “ leased lots ” or “ ground rent lots.” The facts of the ease sufficiently appear in the decision. Another assignment of error is, that the judge granted the order of denial on motion of the defendants’ attorney in…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Some cases task the anxious diligence of a court not by their difficulty but their simplicity. This is one of them. Because the case seemed too plain for controversy, .we have had some apprehension that we might decide it incorrectly. Impressed always by the ability and learning, the wide research and earnest advocacy of the distinguished counsel for the plaintiffs, we have *399experienced a vague dread that we might stumble over legal obstacles which, if they exist, a treacherous darkness conceals. In order to examine the ground thoroughly, we have held up the case for…
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