Supreme Court of Georgia, 1909

White v. Hixon

White v. Hixon
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided May 12, 1909 · Fish
132 Ga. 567; 64 S.E. 648; 1909 Ga. LEXIS 360

White v. Hixon

Opinion of the Court

Fish, C. J.

A lawyer who was a citizen of the State of Tennessee during the whole of the year 1906, and for about six months of that year practiced law in that State and during the remainder of the year maintained a law office, or place of business, in the State of Georgia and practiced his profession in this State, was liable to the professional tax imposed, by the general tax act for the fiscal year 1906, “Upon every practitioner of law . . d'oing business in this State.”

Judgment reversed.-

All the Justices concur.

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