Haight v. City of Blue Ridge

Deen, Judge.

1. This is a petition for declaratory judgment by councilmen of the City of Blue Ridge, Georgia, naming the mayor of that city in his official capacity as defendant, seeking to construe the city charter (Ga. L. 1935, p. 928) to determine whether or not the mayor has a power of veto as to the election of certain city personnel by a majority of the city council. It appears that three of the five councilmen, at a regularly constituted meeting, voted to elect certain city employees; that the mayor vetoed the election and thereafter by executive order appointed other personnel, and…