Case Name: Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Mayor and Council of Cordele
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1914-09-11
Citations: 15 Ga. App. 115
Docket Number: 5127
Parties: Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Mayor and Council of Cordele.
Judges: Roan, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 15
Pages: 115–115

Head Matter:
5127.
Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Mayor and Council of Cordele.
Decided September 11, 1914.
Certiorari; from Crisp superior court—Judge George. July 12, 1913.
Anderson & Rountree, J. T. Hill, for plaintiff in error.
Whipple & McKenzie, contra.

Opinion:
Russell, C. J.
The Supreme Court, in answer to the question certified by this court, having held that the ordinance of the City of Cordele which imposed a license tax of $100 on each telegraph company doing an intrastate business within the said city is excessive, unreasonable, and confiscatory, and therefore invalid (Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Mayor &c. of Cordele, 141 Ga. 658, 82 S. E. 26), it follows that the judge of the superior court erred in overruling the certiorari.
Judgment reversed.
Roan, J., absent.