Crisp v. Head

Bell, Justice.

"W. G. Crisp, a citizen and taxpayer of this State, residing in Fulton County, filed a suit against T. Grady Head as State revenue commissioner, seeking the writ of mandmaus to require the defendant to collect from dealers in malt beverages, one dealer being specifically mentioned, an excise tax in accordance with the act of December 13, 1937 (Ga. L., Ex. Sess., 1937-1938, p. 173), instead of making such collection in accordance with a later act approved on February 16, 1938 (Ga. L., Ex. Sess., 1937-1938, p. 175), under which the tax was decreased, but which later act the…