Smith v. Montgomery County Board of Tax Assessors

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

Ronnie Smith and other unnamed individuals (collectively, “Smith”), acting as “freeholders” under OCGA § 48-5-296, petitioned to remove from office John Brewer and Howard Morris, members of Montgomery County’s Board of Tax Assessors (the “Board”). According to Smith, the two officers are not qualified to serve and have acted in a discriminatory manner. Following a bench trial, the trial court denied the petition, and this appeal followed. Finding no error or abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court, we affirm.

Viewed in a light favorable to the trial court’s…