Legal Opinion

State v. Southwestern Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 1, 1883PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Railroads. Tax. State. Officers. Attorney General. Comptroller General. Governor. Interest. Charge of' Court Before Hon. R. H. Clark, Judge of city court of' Atlanta, presiding in place of Judge Hillyer, disqualified.. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1882. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Branham, Judge.

This case was tried in Fulton superior court under the-provisions of the act of 1874, and the jury, on the 28th of January, 1882, rendered a verdict against the defendant, the Southwestern Railroad Company, for $6,370.00 principal and $2,675.40 interest thereon for the balance of taxes for the year 1874, and for the same principal sum, and $2,229.50 interest thereon, for the balance of taxes for the-year 1875, on the defendant’s road.

The defendant moved for a new trial on the grounds set *15■forth in the motion, and the court, on the hearing thereof, .granted a new trial, unless…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Taylor v. SecorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  3. Lane County v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  4. Perry v. WashburnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1862
  5. City of Dubuque v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1874

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. State v. Mutual Life InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1910
  3. State v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  4. State v. Western & Atlantic R.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  5. Goss v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

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