Legal Opinion

Morrison v. Smith

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1951No. 17627PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Where, upon the trial of a suit to enjoin a city from enforcing a fi. fa. for back taxes, a verdict is returned in favor of the city, but added to the verdict is a recommendation that the past taxes be waived, the recommendation is purely surplusage without legal meaning or effect; and the court in that case properly disregarded such recommendation and entered judgment in accord with the actual verdict refusing an injunction. Code, §§ 110-105, 110-106; Tifton, Thomasville &c. Ry. Co. v. Butler, 4 Ga. App. 191, 193 (60 S. E. 1087); Collins v. Bullard, 57 Ga. 333;…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Tifton, Thomasville & Gulf Railway Co. v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Jonathan Collins & Son v. BullardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dolvin v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959

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