Atlanta & Florida Railroad v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Taxation. Railroads. Constitutional law. Before. Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. March term, 1890. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The general tax act of 1888 declares that “all the property of railroad companies doing business in this State shall be taxed at the same rate as property of natui’al persons is taxed, except . . that portion of the property of each railroad company that is exempt by its charter from taxation,” etc. In 1889 the legislature passed an act which declares that “if any railroad company or companies doing business in this State shall fail or neglect to pay to the State all the taxes which such company or companies may be due and owing to the State for taxes, by the first day of…
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