Garvin v. Glisson

The plaintiff in error was Chairman ■of the Board of Registration Commissioners of Shelby County, and the defendant in error, W. B. •Glisson, who was a candidate for office, requested of Garvin a copy or list of the registered voters of the city of Memphis, there being ten wards in the city. The copy was furnished, and the price charged was paid under protest, the defendant in error thinking it more than was proper or allowable by law.

Afterward ten suits were brought against Gar-vin to recover so much of the amount paid as was thought to be unlawful. Ten several judgments were, rendered…