Atlanta Title & Trust Co. v. Tidwell

By the common law no person is entitled to inspect public records, personally or by an agent, or to make copies, abstracts or memoranda therefrom, unless he has such an interest therein as would enable him to maintain or defend an *520action for which the record sought furnished evidence or necessary information; and the interest of the person demanding the inspection must be direct and tangible. The person demanding access to an inspection of public records must not only have a direct, tangible interest in the matter to which they relate, but the inspection must be sought for some specific and…