Woodson v. Paulk

C. B. Woodson filed a petition seeking to enjoin the sheriff and the tax-collector of Turner County from collecting a special or occupation tax from petitioner, who was engaged in selling patent medicine in said county. He alleged that he was in no way interested in the goods sold, except as the agent and employee of T. P. Buntin, who was an indigent Confederate soldier residing in Dougherty County; and he attached to his petition a copy of a certificate issued by the ordinary of Dougherty County, certifying that the said Buntin was an indigent Confederate soldier and as such entitled to the…