Coca-Cola Co. v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition for discovery. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. May 31, 1921. The City of Atlanta, a municipal corporation, brought its petition .against the Coca-Cola Company, S. C. Dobbs, and William Candler, alleging that the Coca-Cola Company was a corporation of the State of Delaware; that it had an office in the.City of Atlanta, wherein were kept its books and records; that Dobbs was president and Candler secretary of the company, and that they resided…
Read the full summary
Equitable petition for discovery. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. May 31, 1921. The City of Atlanta, a municipal corporation, brought its petition .against the Coca-Cola Company, S. C. Dobbs, and William Candler, alleging that the Coca-Cola Company was a corporation of the State of Delaware; that it had an office in the.City of Atlanta, wherein were kept its books and records; that Dobbs was president and Candler secretary of the company, and that they resided in said county. The petition alleged that the corporation had a number of stockholders residing in the City of Atlanta,…
1Opinion of the CourtBlais, J.
1, “ For every right there shall be a remedy.” Civil Code, § 5506. The right of the municipality in this instance, as set forth in its petition, is to ascertain the names of persons residing within its corporate limits, who are owners of shares of the corporate stock of the Coca-Cola Company, a Delaware corporation, together with the number of shares owned by each person, in order that the'petitioner may assess and collect the taxes that are due or may become due on these shares. The averment is that the prescribed legal remedy has proved inadequate, in that the owners of these shares have…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Atlanta National Building & Loan Ass'n v. StewartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Wright v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by25 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. DaughertyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Pottetti v. CliffordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank v. State ex rel. CobbTexas Supreme Court · 1940
- State v. MagnessSupreme Court of Kansas · 1987
- Peacock v. Retail Credit CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1969
20 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.