Legal Opinion
Lawson v. Lincoln County
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 8, 2008No. A08A0713PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
Lincoln County petitioned for declaratory judgment seeking to compel Gerald Lawson, sheriff of Lincoln County, to turn over funds that the sheriffs department receives under a contract for telephone services at the county jail and from the sede of pre-paid phone cards to inmates. The Superior Court of Lincoln County granted the county relief and ordered the sheriff to turn over the money. Lawson now appeals.
The facts are not in dispute. In 2003, the former sheriff, Edwin Bentley, entered into a contract with Evercom Systems, Inc. to provide telephone services to inmates of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Board of Commissioners of Randolph County v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Chaffin v. CalhounSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- BOARD OF COM'RS OF DOUGHERTY COUNTY v. SabaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Wolfe v. HuffSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Dickey v. StoreySupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
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