Gilbert v. County of Dougherty

Warner, Chief Justice.

It appears from the record in this case that the ordinary of Dougherty county issued an execution against Gilbert, as tax collector for said county, and his securities, for the sum of $6,944 28, for money collected by him for the county in the year 1872, as provided by the 524th section of the Code. The defendant, Gilbert, filed an affidavit of illegality to said execution, on the ground (with others stated therein,) that the extra tax of two hundred and ten per cent, assessed by the ordinary on the state tax, was illegal aud without authority of law, as the same was…