Legal Opinion
City of Marietta v. Howard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 11, 1952No. 17728PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
An erroneous interpretation of Code (Ann. Supp.) § 84-2011 (Ga. L. 1897, p. 24; 1898, p. 46; 1918, p. 116; 1919, p. 91; 1935, p. 163; 1947, p. 1151) upon the part of the petitioner is the cause of this litigation. That law purports only to relieve the persons there described from paying any fee to cities, towns, or counties for the right to engage in business. It also provides that a certificate from the ordinary shall be proof that he is exempt from paying any fee to any city, town, or county. The law stops there, but this petitioner seems to have construed it to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Schlesinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- City of Macon v. SamplesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
- Clem v. City of LaGrangeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- McWhorter v. SettleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- City of Brunswick v. AndersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
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3Cited by4 opinions
- MacOn Ambulance Service, Inc. v. Snow Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- City of Hawkinsville v. Wilson & Wilson, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Eason v. DowdySupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Campbell v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960