Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. City of Columbus
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 13, 1942No. 14288PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
The City of Columbus having issued against ' the plaintiff a tax fi. fa., and the municipal authorities threatening to levy the same by subjecting the plaintiff to numerous suits-through garnishment, it brought its petition seeking injunction on the ground that the city had no right to proceed in its attempt to collect the tax involved, for reasons hereinafter referred to. The-case was tried on an agreed statement of facts. The injunction was refused, and the plaintiff excepted.
The charter of the City of Columbus empowers it to levy and. collect taxes upon all “trades,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- New York Life Insurance v. Deer Lodge CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Johnston v. Mayor of MaconSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n v. City Council of AugustaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- City of LaGrange v. WhitleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
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3Cited by1 opinion
- City of Columbus v. Ronald A. Edwards Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1980