Aiken v. Armistead

Bell, Justice.

On November 5, 1937, C. P. Aiken, a citizen and taxpayer, of Eulton County, Georgia, filed a suit in equity against W. B. Harrison, T. Grady Head, and J. B. Jones, composing at the time the State Revenue Commission, and against John Armistead, in which action the plaintiff sought, among other things, to cancel an alleged contract made by Harrison, Head, and Jones as members of the State Revenue Commission, with John Armistead, authorizing him to assess and collect all ad valorem taxes due to the State of Georgia on unreturned <e intangible” property, for the preceding seven…