Garrett v. Board of Commissioners

Candler, Justice.

J. B. Garrett and N. J. Smith, as the Sheriff and a Deputy Sheriff respectively of Washington County, brought mandamus against Levie Dukes, I. R. Anderson, and Luther Sheppard in their respective official capacities as the members of the Board of Roads and Revenues of Washington County, to compel payment of $4,044 allegedly due them for certain official services rendered the county. Their petition for the writ alleges that they have since June, 1958, made 1,348 nulla bona entries on delinquent and insolvent executions for State and county taxes, which the Tax Commissioner for…