Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Wright

For the year 1922, Marion County, which had adopted none of the “alternative road laws,” levied taxes for the following purposes: (A) 25 per cent, upon the amount of the State tax for support of the poor of the county; (B) 25 per cent, for repairing court-houses, jails, bridges, etc.; (C) 50 per cent, for current expenses, the items thereof being specifically enumerated; and (D) 140 per cent, “to pay for improvements of the public roads and for maintenance of the chain-gang for said county.” After paying the first three items stated above, the Central of Georgia Bailway Company, a taxpayer,…