Hill v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for certiorari. Before Judge Pendleton. • Fulton superior court. February 17, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
The general rule is that courts do not take judicial notice of municipal ordinances. Mayson v. Atlanta, 77 Ga. 663; McDonald v. Lane, 80 Ga. 497. When a petition for certiorari, complaining of.a conviction in a municipal court, sets forth the charge against the petitioner, it may be assumed that the act em*698braced therein has been made the subject of a valid ordinance. Carr v. Conyers, 84 Ga. 289; Chambers v. Barnesville, 89 Ga. 739. But the rule is otherwise when the petition avers merely that the accused was arraigned for the violation of a given section of the city code, or of an ordinance…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McDonald v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Phillips v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Moore V. Mayor of JonesboroSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Walker v. City of FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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