Vestel v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Patterson. Eannin superior court. September 8, 1914. J. P. Yestel filed an equitable petition against L. G. Edwards and others, as constituting the local board of tax-assessors of Fannin county under the act of the legislature approved August 14, 1913 (Acts 1913, p. 123), and John E. Cook as tax-receiver of the county, alleging as follows: They had assessed certain wild lands in Fannin county, belonging to the petitioner, at a valuation…
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Patterson. Eannin superior court. September 8, 1914. J. P. Yestel filed an equitable petition against L. G. Edwards and others, as constituting the local board of tax-assessors of Fannin county under the act of the legislature approved August 14, 1913 (Acts 1913, p. 123), and John E. Cook as tax-receiver of the county, alleging as follows: They had assessed certain wild lands in Fannin county, belonging to the petitioner, at a valuation in excess of their value, and in excess of the valuation assessed on like property in other counties of the State.…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. The plaintiff seeks to enjoin the defendants, as tax-assessors under the act of the legislature known as the tax-equalization act (Acts 1913, p. 123), from altering or changing the tax returns made by him of certain real estate, and from entering on tile tax digest any valuation of such realty other than that placed thereon by petitioner. He attacks the act in question as being violative of the due-process clauses of the State and Federal constitutions, contained in sections 6359 and 6700 of the Civil Code of 1910. Sections 11, 13, and 14 of the act are…
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