Atlanta Street Railroad v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Tax. Railroads. Contracts. Verdict. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Judge BUCHANAN. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
This bill was filed in 1874, to enjoin the city of Atlanta from collecting taxes levied on a lot and stables where the mules and horses of the Atlanta Street Railroad Company are housed, and on a lot on which buildings for sheltering the cars of the company are erected. An injunction until the hearing was then granted, and the hearing had in 1880, when a verdict and decree were rendered to the effect that the property was subject to' taxation. A motion was made to set aside the verdict and award a new trial, on the grounds therein set out, which was overruled, and the…
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