Cornelisen v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Questions certified by Court of Appeals (Case No. 6388).
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The Court of. Appeals has requested instruction upon certain questions of law, the nature of which is sufficiently disclosed in the headnotes (they being intended as answers to the questions), and from the following discussion.
In the Civil Code, § 897, it is declared that “Municipal corporations are not liable for failure to perform, or for errors in performing, their legislative or judicial powers. For neglect to perform, or for improper or unskillful performance of their ministerial duties, they are liable.” This section is a codification of principles of the common law (Collins v. Mayor…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Love v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Harper v. City of TopekaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1914
- Curran v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Russell v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1894
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3Cited by74 opinions
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- Mayor of Savannah v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
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