Garrison v. City of Laurens
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by J. H. Garrison v. the City of Laurens, the City Council, and Laurens Cotton Mills, as follows: To the honorable the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina: Your relator respectfully shows unto the Court: I. That he is now, and was at the times hereinafter named, a citizen of the county and State above written, and of the city of Laurens, residing therein, and your relator owns and pays taxes upon considerable real…
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Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by J. H. Garrison v. the City of Laurens, the City Council, and Laurens Cotton Mills, as follows: To the honorable the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina: Your relator respectfully shows unto the Court: I. That he is now, and was at the times hereinafter named, a citizen of the county and State above written, and of the city of Laurens, residing therein, and your relator owns and pays taxes upon considerable real and personal property to the county and State aforesaid, and to the city of Laurens, on his property situate therein.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
This is an application for the writ *455of mandamus, addressed to this Court in the exercise of its original jurisdiction. The relator, as a taxpayer and citizen of the city of Laurens, is desirous of having the respondent, the Laurens Cotton Mills, pay its taxes for the years 1896, 1897 and 1898, from which it was excused under a resolution adopted by the city council of Laurens, in the year 1893, wherein cotton mills, thread factories, &c., would be excused from all municipal taxes for thirteen years, if they, or either one of them,…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Milster v. City of SpartanburgSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1903
- Byrd v. Lawrimore, County Treas.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1948