Columbus Southern Railway Co. v. Wright

Lumpkin, Justice.

On October 16th, 1889, the legislature passed an act entitled : “ An act to provide a system of taxation of railroad property in each of the counties of this State through which said railroads run, and to provide a mode of assessing and collecting the saíne, and for other pur*576poses.” Acts 1889, p. 29. The Columbus Southern Railway Company made its returns for the year 1890, as the act required, to the comptroller-general, who was proceeding regularly, in the manner prescribed by the act, to enforce the collection from said company of the taxes thereby imposed, when the company…