... 2d 513, 517 (Ala. 2003). "`[T]he right of taxation is essential to the existence of all governments,
... ... 234, 239 [(1850)]. `. Taxation is the rule; exemption the exception.' ... Brown v. Protective
Life Insurance Co., 188 Ala. 166, 168, 169, 66 So. 47 [(1914)].". ...