Georgia R. & Banking Co. v. Wright
U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In Equity. Suit for injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a bill brought by the complainant corporation against the defendant, Wm. A. Wright, Comptroller General of the state of Georgia, seeking an injunction against what the company claims is an illegal effort to tax it, and to have a decree adjudging that it is not liable for a property tax on its railroad, or any tax on its franchise, and that the only tax for which it is liable is a tax to the state of one-half of 1 per cent, on the net earnings of its investments.
The defendant has interposed demurrers and pleas, and the complainant, by an amendment, the plea of…
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