Legal Opinion
Wright v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 5, 1920No. 10500PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Affidavit of illegality; from Dade superior court — Judge Tarver. March 17, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
1.(1)“ The act of the General Assembly approved August 15, 1914 (Acts 1914, p. 246), entitled ‘ An act to create a board of commissioners of roads and revenues for the County of Dade; to provide for the selection of said commissioners who shall constitute the board;' to prescribe their terms of office, their duties, fix their salaries, and for other purposes,’ confers upon the board of commissioners of roads and reve*257núes the exclusive power, theretofore exercised by the ordinary, to levy, a tax for the maintenance of the public roads of Dade county. See Rawls County v. U. S., 150 U. S. 733…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Garrison v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Pennington v. GammonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Meriwether CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
- Wright v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
- Matthews v. HusseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
3Cited by4 opinions
- DL STOKES & CO., INC. v. McCoySupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
- Lance v. CraneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Chandler v. OwenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- DL STOKES & CO., INC. v. McCoyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955