Legal Opinion
Scott v. Mayor of Mount Airy
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1938No. 12320PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, Justice.
1. While injunction is a proper remedy for resisting the enforcement of an invalid municipal tax execution if there is no provision in the city charter for testing the validity by affidavit of illegality (City of Atlanta v. Jacobs, 125 Ga. 523 (3), 528, 54 S. E. 534), yet equity will not interfere if such a *653provision does exist. Social Circle Cotton-Mill Co. v. Social Circle, 163 Ga. 465, 467 (136 S. E. 432); Rice v. Macon, 117 Ga. 401 (43 S. E. 773), and cit.
2. The Code, § 39-1006, makes it the dnty of a levying officer who receives a proper affidavit of illegality to return…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Board of Tax-Assessors v. CatledgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- City of Atlanta v. JacobsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Carey v. GilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
- Collins v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Humthlett v. ReevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
- King v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- State of Georgia v. CampSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Buice v. DixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
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