Legal Opinion
Cranston v. Mayor of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 15, 1878PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Criminal law. Practice' in the Supreme Court. Corporations. OerUortvri. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1877. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
This was a dog case. On the fourteenth of August, 1877, plaintiff in error was tried in the recorder’s court of the city of Augusta, upon a charge of violating the following ordinance of that city, passed July 20th, 1877, to-wit:
“An Ordinance to amend chapter 2d of the City Code in reference to dogs.
“Section I. Be it ordained by the City Council of Augusta, and it is hereby ordained by the authority of the same, That- from and after the passage of this ordinance, the words ‘two dollars and fifty cents,’ in the fifth line of section first of said ordinance, be stricken…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Blair v. ForehandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Williams v. City Council of AugustaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Vason v. City of AugustaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1868
- City Council v. DunbarSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Eaves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Moss-American, Inc. v. Illinois Fair Employment Practices CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1974
- State v. B'GosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
- Walker v. TowleIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Mayor of Hawkinsville v. EthridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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