TURNER v. WADE

No. 29.

254 U.S. 64 (1920)

41 S.Ct. 27

65 L.Ed. 134

TURNER ET AL., EXECUTORS OF MORTON, v. WADE, SHERIFF OF BROOKS COUNTY, GEORGIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur G. Powell, with whom Mr. John D. Little, Mr. Marion Smith and Mr. Max F. Goldstein were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Graham Wright, Assistant Attorney General of the State of Georgia, with whom Mr. R.A. Denny, Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the constitutional validity under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions of the Georgia Tax Equalization Act. Georgia Laws, 1913, p. 123.

The facts stated in the petition and amended petition are not disputed, and show that plaintiffs in error returned property for taxation at the value of $44,225. The County Board...

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