Show TAX DECISION DECISION- WON BY WESTERN UNION t. t ATLANTA Ga Gal Oct Ot 4 The The Western Uni n Tel Telegraph company compan vis as held not fo fo taxes on a Il federal tran franchise hiso valuation ot of O b by un an opinion handed down in the United States circuit circuit cir dy- cult court of appeals her hem Monday Monday-in in the tho case of the ti-ic Western Vestern Union company vs V W. II Wright comptroller comptroller- of ot the state of Georgia Tn rn th which ve-sj ve er court er-court court It was held that as es the company company com corn pany already has b been en taxed on a aal valuation val va- of by the state on its property a further tax on federal federal federal fed fed- eral franchise value was e excessive especially espe espe- emily in view of oC the fact that the profit marie made by the company In the state te in 1008 IOOS was only a little in excess QI of lOI- lOI Attorney Albert Howell Jr who represented represented represented rep rep- resented the tele telegraph company in the federal court said By this decision every telegraph company company com corn pany In the in-the the United States who excepted post roads act of ot 1866 Is exempt from state taxation on Us its franchises |