Powell v. VonCanon

Johnson, Judge.

Charles VonCanon, d/b/a Property Management Systems, is in the business of compiling public real estate records and then selling that information via a computer network. In pursuit of that business, VonCanon filed a complaint under the Open Records Act, OCGA § 50-18-70 et seq., against Walker County Tax Commissioner Melba Powell, Tax Assessor Harold Hughes, Commissioner Roy Parrish and Superior Court Clerk Bill McDaniel, requesting that they give him, on computer disk or tape, copies of public real estate records held in their offices. The defendants admitted in their answer to…