Marbut v. Hollingshead

On June 6, 1930, the ordinary of DeKalb County called an election to be held on July 9, 1930, pursuant to the act of the legislature of 1922 (Ga. L. 1922, pp. 82-94), as amended by the act of 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, pp. 211-214), “to determine whether said county should have a five-commissioner county-manager form of government or not.” Thereupon Hollingshead, Sills, and Jones, as taxpayers of DeKalb County, filed their petition against the ordinary to enjoin the holding of an election under said call, upon the ground that the act of 1922 is a general law having uniform operation throughout the…