First National Bank v. Mayor of Americus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Tax. Municipal Corporations. Actions. Before Judge Crisp. Sumter Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The First National Bank brought suit against the defendants, for the sum of sixteen hundred and thirty-nine dollars, besides interest, alleging that petitioner was oi*. ganized as a national bank association, and under the laws of the United States, was empowered to carry on a general banking business in the city of Americus; that, from the year 1872 to the present, by virtue of the authority aforesaid, petitioner has been engaged in the banking business in said city; that petitioner is expressly exempted from the payment of any tax upon its business of banking, or upon its…
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