Thomas v. State Board of Equalization

OPINION

BIRCH, Chief Justice.

This cause chronicles the efforts of Betty Corlew Thomas, the appellant, to challenge the valuation placed on her home by the Tax Assessor for Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County. In the initial stages, Thomas proceeded without a lawyer; it was during this period of self-representation that the administrative judge, employed by the state board of equalization (“state board”), dismissed her appeal. 1 Thomas challenged this action, but in the process, she skipped two of the administrative steps that she could have taken and sought judicial review in the Chancery…