Decatur Tax Payers League, Inc. v. Adams

Hall, Justice.

This is an appeal by certain DeKalb County taxpayers from an order of the DeKalb Superior Court which dismissed their complaint seeking an injunction on due process and equal protection grounds against collection of certain taxes.

Plaintiffs-appellants are individual taxpayers and the Decatur Tax Payers League, Inc., who brought a class action seeking to represent all persons owning taxable property in the City of Decatur, which is wholly within DeKalb County. Defendants-appellees are the DeKalb Commissioners of Tax and of Roads and Revenues. The complaint alleged that both…