Graham v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Thomas. Brooks superior court. September 18, 1915. Covington Graham and other citizens and taxpayers of the Barney School District in Brooks County, in their own behalf and in behalf of other taxpayers of the district, brought their petition seeking to enjoin the collection of a tax levied by the county commissioners on the property situated in said school district.
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Thomas. Brooks superior court. September 18, 1915. Covington Graham and other citizens and taxpayers of the Barney School District in Brooks County, in their own behalf and in behalf of other taxpayers of the district, brought their petition seeking to enjoin the collection of a tax levied by the county commissioners on the property situated in said school district. The plaintiffs alleged that the Barney School District had never been legally created. The levy was made on the first day of September, 1915, and the petition was filed on the next day. After…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Under the evidence it was error for the court to refuse the interlocutory injunction. There are more than twenty school districts in the County of Brooks. On the 28th day of September, 1905, the county board of education of Brooks County passed an order laying out the Barwick County Line School District and the Barney School District. In the following year two other districts were created; and in May, 1907, with the exception of certain land lots which the defendants claim were unintentionally omitted from- the districts laid off, the rest of the county…
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