Ayeridge v. Town Commissioners of Social Circle
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Laws. Constitutional law. Tax. Before Judge Rice. Walton Superior Court. August Term, 1877. Beported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
The town authorities of Social Circle levied a tax upon the real and personal estate of Ayeridge within the town.
Ayeridge filed an affidavit of illegality on the levy of the fi.fa.\ it was overruled, and the case went to the superior court by certiorari. That court dismissed the certiorari, and the case was brought here by writ of error. The question is, did the town authorities have the power to assess the tax %
By the charter of Social Circle — acts of 1869, page 92,-the commissioners may levy a property tax on real estate alone — and, by that charter, they are not empowered…
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