Fordham v. Sikes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Graham. Wheeler superior court. November 29, 1913. J. B. Fordham and others, as constituting the board of education of Wheeler County, filed their petition for a writ of mandamus against J. F. Sikes and others, as commissioners of roads and revenues of that county.
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Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Graham. Wheeler superior court. November 29, 1913. J. B. Fordham and others, as constituting the board of education of Wheeler County, filed their petition for a writ of mandamus against J. F. Sikes and others, as commissioners of roads and revenues of that county. The petition alleged, in substance, as follows: The County of Wheeler was created by an act of the General Assembly approved August 14, 1912, and was organized by the election of county officers on the first Tuesday in January, 1913. The territory embraced in the new county was taken entirely…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) By the Civil Code (1910), § 6579 (constitution, article 8, section 4, paragraph 1), it is provided that authority may be granted to counties,, militia districts, school districts, and municipal corporations, upon' recommendation of the corporate authorities, to establish and maintain public schools in their respective limits by' local taxation; “but no such laws shall take effect until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the qualified voters in each county, militia district, school district, or municipal corporation, and approved by a…
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