Verdery v. Village of Summerville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Tax. Constitutional law. Municipal corporations. Injunction. Practice in superior court. Before Judge Roney. Richmond county. At chambers, July 14, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
Verdery sought to enjoin the collection of a small tax ji. fa., issued against him by the municipality of Summerville for alleged taxes on his real estate situate in the village, for the year Í887. The injunction was denied. Annexed to the bill or petition for injunction is a copy of the ordinance imposing the tax. It levies a tax of one 'quarter of one per cent, upon the assessed value of all real estate in the village. No tax, by that *139ordinance or any other, was laid on personal property or its value.
1. Is an ordinance which taxes real estate alone constitutional?…
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