Herrington v. Tolbert
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton county. January 8, 1900. The facts appear in the opinion filed by the judge of the superior court, which is as follows : “ This case may be described as a contest between death and the tax-collector. These two have been for so long a time classified together, in respect to the quality of inevitableness, that it has passed into a maxim that there is no escape from death or the tax-collector.
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Injunction. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton county. January 8, 1900. The facts appear in the opinion filed by the judge of the superior court, which is as follows : “ This case may be described as a contest between death and the tax-collector. These two have been for so long a time classified together, in respect to the quality of inevitableness, that it has passed into a maxim that there is no escape from death or the tax-collector. When, therefore, after such aphoristic association, they part company, and ally themselves with opposite sides of a litigation, the unsophisticated taxpayer may…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
This case was an application for injunction, and came before Judge Lumpkin of the Atlanta circuit. In a well-considered opinion, showing much labor and research, he granted the injunction. His opinion was made a part of the record and brought to this court, and we have directed the reporter to incorporate it in his statement of the facts of the case. It expresses our views so clearly that we content ourselves with *536referring to it for our reasons for affirming the judgment. It was argued here that the opinion of Judge Lumpkin was based on section 3424 of the Civil Code as to the distribution…
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