Griffin v. Jeffers

This bill is filed by a resident taxpayer against the county of Etowah and its board of revenue, and seeks to enjoin performance by the county of a contract entered into by it, acting by and through the board of revenue and' O. H. Kershaw, by which the county engaged to lease and operate a toll bridge, for a term of thirty years, to be constructed by Kershaw or his assigns, across the Coosa river at Gilbert’s ferry in said county.

At the time of entering into and approving the contract, and as a part of the same resolution, -the board of revenue granted to Kershaw a franchise and license to…