Ford v. Mayor of Brunswick

The.Court of Appeals certified the following question: “Is. section 4 of the act approved December 23d, 1892 (Acts 1892, p. 213), amending the charter of Brunswick, unconstitutional and void in so far as it authorizes the mayor of the City of Brunswick to preside as judge in the police court of said city, he being a member of the legislative body of the city, because said section above referred to is in violation of article 1, section 1, paragraph 23, of the constitution of the State of Georgia (Civil Code, § 5720), which provides that ‘The legislative, judicial, and executive powers shall…