Legal Opinion
Wright v. Hirsch
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 2, 1923No. 3136PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
It is insisted that paragraphs 40 and 41 of section 2 of the general tax of 1921 act do not operate uniformly, because, while taxing cigar dealers as a class (admittedly within legislative power) theydo not place the same tax on all members of that class throughout the territory of the State, but levy different taxes against members of such class in cities and towns graduated according to population, and exempt from such tax all members of the class in unincorporated districts in the State, of which there is a large number. It is further insisted that paragraph 41 is unconstitutional, because…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Cook v. Marshall CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Ohio Tax CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Singer Manufacturing Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Diamond Match Co. v. OntonagonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Home Insurance v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Featherstone v. NormanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- State Ex Rel. Botkin v. WelshSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1933
- Mayes v. DanielSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Wright v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- City of Calhoun v. North Georgia Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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