Brame v. Wyatt

Bill was filed by appellee as a citizen and taxpayer to recover the sum of $27.32 alleged to have been unlawfully collected by appellant as tax collector of Lauderdale County under the provisions of Chapter 179, Laws 1944, and for injunction against the continuance of the practice followed in effecting such collection. It is alleged that the proper state officials had refused to sue, and complainant sues on behalf of the public and invites all other interested members of the public to join.

The applicable statute referred to provides for allowance of fees to the tax collector in the collection…