Legal Opinion

Standard Oil Co. v. Swanson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 10, 1904PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Gordon superior court. February 24, 1904.

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

Suit was brought by the Standard Oil Company against S. E. Swanson, for the recovery of about fifty dollars alleged to have been illegally collected by him as tax-collector of Gordon county. From the pleadings and the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff was a corporation, duly organized under the laws of the State of Ohio and doing business in Georgia ; that it was engaged in the manufacture and sale of oils and oil products; and that in pursuance of this business it had an agent, a storage warehouse, and a place of doing business in Whitfield county. Oil received in tank-cars was pumped…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Mayor v. HartridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
  2. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891

3Cited by27 opinions

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  4. Mayor of Savannah v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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