Brooks v. Carter

Candler, Justice.

On December 20, 1960, C. E. Brooks, Jr., and eleven others filed a suit in the Superior Court of Miller County against that county’s Tax Collector, Tax Receiver, Sheriff, and the members of its Board of Tax Assessors, both individually and in their respective official capacities. In substance the petition as amended alleges: At the beginning of 1960, the Miller County Board of Education owed approximately $60,000 — an indebtedness which had accumulated from the operation of the county’s common-school system. On January 19, 1960, and at a conference between the members of the…