Legal Opinion
Undercofler v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 5, 1966No. 23785, 23786, 23787PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
A railroad company’s claim of discriminatory and disproportionate assessment of its property for ad valorem taxes brought about these appeals.
The litigation began when Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company filed its petition in the Superior Court of Fulton County on July 12, 1966, against Hiram K. Undercofler, State Revenue Commissioner, making this claim as to his assessment of its property for taxes for the year 1966. The commissioner answered denying that the assessment was illegal. He also interposed a general and a special demurrer to the petition, both of which were…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dennison Manufacturing Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Undercofler v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Cannon v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
- Moore v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Patten v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Busbee v. University ProfessorsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- International Business Machines Corp. v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Chilivis v. National Distributing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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