Legal Opinion
Bower v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 12, 1902PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Certiorari. Before Judge Spence. Decatur superior court. May 19, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
The value of property for the purpose of assessing municipal taxes is to be ascertained and determined by the legally constituted authorities established for that purpose in the given municipality, and not by judicial proceedings ; and an assessment made by such authorities in the prescribed mode, and without fraud or collusion, is final and conclusive upon the question of value as a basis of taxation for the time being. City Council of Augusta v. Pearce, 79 Ga. 98. The duty of assessing such value having been placed upon the mayor and aldermen of the City of Bainbridge by the act approved…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City Council v. PearceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
3Cited by8 opinions
- Southeastern Greyhound Lines v. Georgia Public-Service CommissionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Brockett v. MaxwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
- McWilliams v. City of TallapoosaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Allied Mortgage Companies Inc. v. GilbertCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Donalson v. City of BainbridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
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