Legal Opinion
Plunkett's School for Boys v. City of Thomasville
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 3, 1934No. 9731PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The collection of a property tax by a municipality under its charter powers is a governmental function; and being so, the city is not liable in damages for the act of the municipal officers in levying an execution on the property for such taxes, even if the acts of the officers in so levying amount to a trespass. - Cornelisen v. Atlanta, 146 Ga. 416 (91 S. E. 415) ; Mayor of Savannah v. Jordan, 142 Ga. 409 (82 S. E. 109, L. R. A. 1915C, 741, Ann. Cas. 1916C, 240) ; Cook v. Macon, 54 Ga. 468; Gray v. Griffin, 111 Ga. 361 (2) (36 S. E. 792, 51 L. R. A. 131). Compare Mayor &c. of Americas v.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cornelisen v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Hawkins v. StuddardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Mayor of Savannah v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Gray v. Mayor of GriffinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Pierpont Mfg. Co. v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
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3Cited by5 opinions
- B. W. King, Inc. v. Town of West New YorkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1967
- Black v. BakerTexas Supreme Court · 1938
- Foster v. CrowderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- State v. Hawkeye Oil CompanySupreme Court of Iowa · 1961
- Thompson v. SpikesDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1987