Gullatt v. Slaton

Reid, Chief Justice.

The board of county tax-assessors of Fulton County notified the administrator cum testamento annexo of the estate of Lindsey Hopkins of their assessment for ad valorem taxation of certain stocks and bonds alleged to have been owned by the deceased during the taxable years of 1931 to 1937, at stated amounts. The administrator, expressly reserving his right to contest the validity of the assessments, invoked an arbitration under the Code, § 92-6912. The duly appointed arbitrators entered upon a hearing, and thereafter, over the protest of the tax-assessors, determined that…