Grier v. City of Waycross

John Grier was tried in the recorder’s court of the City of Waycross upon the charge of failing to report for work on streets when notified by the proper authorities so to do, and for failing, in lieu of said work, to pay the amount of $4 as street-tax as fixed by the city council. He was convicted, and brought a petition to the superior court for certiorari, sanction thereof was refused, and he excepted.

It was admitted that Grier was a citizen and resident of Way-cross and between the ages of 21 and 50 years, and otherwise subject to such tax except for the following reasons: that the…