Clark v. City of Butler

1. An affidavit of illegality is not tlie proper remedy for arresting an execution issued and levied by a municipality for the collection of a license tax, and for questioning the legality of such a tax, in the absence of special statutory authority for such remedy. Manning v. Phillips, 65 Ga. 548; City of Atlanta v. Jacobs, 125 Ga. 523 (2), 528 (54 S. E. 534); Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Whitaker, 172 Ga. 663, 666 (158 S. E. 416) ; McIntyre v. Harrison, 172 Ga. 65, 73, 74 (157 S. E. 499) ; Cook v. Colquitt, 29 Ga. App. 494 (116 S. E. 37).

*257Decided January 17, 1934. Homer Beeland, for plaintiff…