Legal Opinion

Mayor of Savannah v. Fawcett

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1938No. 12242PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Justice.

John B. Fawcett, with other citizens and taxpayers of the City of Savannah, filed a suit in equity against the mayor and aldermen of the city, the marshal, and the city tax-assessors,. to enjoin the defendants from enforcing tax executions issued against the plaintiffs and levied upon their property; to restrain the board of tax-assessors from continuing in the year 1937 and in future years the assessing of real property at different proportions or percentages of value from that applied to personal property; and for other relief. The defendants filed a general *133demurrer, which…

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Cummings v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Stanley v. Supervisors of AlbanySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  4. Krueger v. MacDougaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  5. McGregor v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1923

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. City of Valdosta v. SingletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Montgomery v. SuttlesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Clisby v. City of MacOnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  4. Hardin v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Kiker v. WorleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1967

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