Sheffield v. Patmos School District
Supreme Court of Georgia
Validation of schoolhouse bonds. Before Judge Custer. Baker superior court. November 11, 1922. The solicitor-general of the Albany judicial circuit, in thé name of the State of Georgia, filed a petition against the Patmos School District of Baker County, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code (1910), § 446, prescribing the duties of the solicitor-general in proceedings for the validation of bonds; and a rule nisi having been granted thereon, calling…
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Validation of schoolhouse bonds. Before Judge Custer. Baker superior court. November 11, 1922. The solicitor-general of the Albany judicial circuit, in thé name of the State of Georgia, filed a petition against the Patmos School District of Baker County, Georgia, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code (1910), § 446, prescribing the duties of the solicitor-general in proceedings for the validation of bonds; and a rule nisi having been granted thereon, calling upon the Patmos School District by its proper officers to show cause at the time and place specified in the order why the…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The judge properly overruled the demurrer to the petition, which was also directed against the answer filed by the trustees of the Patmos School District to the petition filed by the solicitor-general. The portions of the answer demurred to merely alleged in greater detail matters that were alleged in the petition. A comparison of the petition with the provisions of the Civil Code (1910), §§ 445, 446, relating to the validation of bonds of counties, municipalities, or divisions desiring to incur bonded debts, and prescribing the duties of the solicitor-general and the character of the…
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