Legal Opinion
Allen v. Wise
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 13, 1948No. 16350PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
The first question for determination here is the legal effect of the “motion” discharging Wise as Comptroller of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah. There is an act of the General Assembly (Ga. L. 1898, pp. 255, 256) and an ordinance of the city which provide that it is the duty of the mayor to revise ordinances and resolutions before they become operative, and that the mayor, or acting mayor, shall either approve or disapprove of them, and that two-thirds of the aider-men present shall have power to pass the ordinance or resolution over the mayor’s veto. It is…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sutton v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Patten v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Cummings v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- City of Rome v. ReeseCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
- Cummings v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
3Cited by15 opinions
- Wayne County v. HerrinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Woodhull v. ManahanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1964
- Jewett v. Luau-Nyack Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Atkinson v. City of RoswellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Lockard v. WisemanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
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