Atlantic & Gulf Railroad v. State

Warner, Chief Justice.

This case came before the court below on an affidavit of illegality filed by the defendant to a tax execution issued by the comptroller general of the state, which had been levied on the defendant’s property. The tax execution was *313issued in pursuance of an act of the general assembly of this state, approved on' the 28th day of February, 1874, entitled “An-act to amend the tax laws of this state, so far as the same relate to railroad companies, and to define the liabilities of such companies to taxation, and to repeal so much of the charters of such companies respectively…