State v. Atlantic & Gulf Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Corporations. Railroads. Tax. Before Judge Peeples. Pulton Superior Court. October Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
The Code of Georgia went into effect on the first of January, 1863. In section 1651, it declares that “Persons are either natural or artificial. The latter are the creatures of the law, and except so far as the law forbids it, subject to be changed, modified or destroyed, at the will of their creator ; they are called corporations.”
And in section 1682, it declares that, “In all cases of private charter's hereafter granted, the state reserves the right to withdraw the franchise, unless such right is expressly negatived in the charter.” As construed by this court in 54 Ga., 401,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- McMahan v. MorrisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1861
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- Atlantic & Gulf Railroad v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
- Selma, Rome & Dalton Rail Road v. HarbinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1870
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