Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Hutchinson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Lewis. Hancock superior court. March 15, 1906. In August, 1905, the General Assembly passed an act the title of which recited that its object was “to provide for the creation and operation of local tax district schools, for the levying and. collection of local tax by counties for educational purposes, for the laying off of counties in school districts, and for other purposes.”
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Lewis. Hancock superior court. March 15, 1906. In August, 1905, the General Assembly passed an act the title of which recited that its object was “to provide for the creation and operation of local tax district schools, for the levying and. collection of local tax by counties for educational purposes, for the laying off of counties in school districts, and for other purposes.” Acts of 1905, p. 425. On February 1, 1906, A. M. Hutchinson, as taxcolíector of Hancock county, issued an execution against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, which operated…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. The act approved August 23, 1905, entitled “An act to provide for the creation and *766operation of local tax district schools, for the levying and collection of local tax by counties for educational purposes, for the laying off of counties in school districts, and for other purposes,” is alleged to be opposed to art. 3, see. 7, par. 8, of the constitution, in that the subject-matter of the body of the act is at variance with its title. The particular complaint made of that act is that its caption provides for the levying and collection of a local tax by counties for…
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