Board of Commissioners v. Wimberly

Warner, Chief Justice.

It appears from the record and bill of exceptions in this case, that one Wimberly, as tax collector of Burke county, had been ruled by the county commissioners of that county for his failure to account for and pay over the tax money collected by him, and was, by order of the commissioners, committed to jail. Wimberly petitioned the judge of the superior court for a writ of certiorari, alleging error on the part of the county commissioners in the proceedings had before them. The judge sanctioned the writ of certiorari as prayed for, and in addition thereto ordered “that…