Legal Opinion
Southeastern Greyhound Lines Inc. v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 14, 1933No. 9359PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, C. J.
Southeastern Greyhound Lines Inc. filed a petition against the City of Atlanta, praying for injunction against the enforcement of an ordinance providing for the collection of an occupation tax — a license tax, for keeping a bus terminal. General demurrers were sustained, and the petition was dismissed, and the plaintiff excepted.
The petition is based upon the proposition that the municipal ordinance is unenforceable and void, in that it is in conflict with a law of this State which expressly exempts the occupation and business in which the plaintiff is engaged from municipal occupational…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Atlanta v. JacobsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- City of Waycross v. BellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Green v. HutchinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Burkhart v. City of FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- City of Albany v. AderSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Scarbrough Group v. WorleySupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- City of Cedartown v. PickettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- City of Atlanta v. Universal Film Exchanges Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Powell v. HartsfieldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Butler v. City of DublinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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