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CAMDEN TEL. & CO. v. CITY OF ST. MARYS

37370.

247 Ga. 687 (1981)

279 S.E.2d 200

CAMDEN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY, INC. v. CITY OF ST. MARYS et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harrison, Altman, Eddings & Berry, Robert W. Harrison, Jr., Stephen L. Berry, for appellant.

Smith & Perry, Michael Perry, for appellees.

Walter E. Sumner, E. Kenneth Jones, amicus curiae.

GREGORY, Justice.

The issues in this case are whether or not the City of St. Marys has the authority to impose the tax in question upon Camden Telephone & Telegraph Company, Inc., and if so, must the City first obtain the consent of the Public Service Commission.

In 1955 the city granted the company a 35-year franchise to operate a telephone system within the city. The city required the company to pay a license fee each year as a part of its general business...

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