Southern Railway Co. v. Gordon County

The Court of Appeals (in Case No. 20506), requested instructions from the Supreme Court upon the following questions:

“1. Can the proper authorities of a county levy a tax for a number of purposes which must be classified as current expenses, when the aggregate of such items exceeds fifty per cent, of the State tax, accompanied by a levy for other county purposes, but not accompanied by a levy for accumulated debts?

“2. Can the proper authorities of a county legally levy a tax for the purposes stated in items 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9 of section 513 of the Civil Code (1910), when the aggregate of such…