Legal Opinion
Vickers v. Motte
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 24, 1964No. 40506PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pannell, Judge.
As to public officers, every presumption in favor of the validity and legality of their official acts, both ministerial and governmental, will be indulged, nothing to the contrary appearing. Perry v. Bank of Ellijay, 182 Ga. 768 (187 SE 18); Bailey v. Miller County, 24 Ga. App. 746 (102 SE 178).
In the present case, there being no allegations to the contrary, we must presume that the county commissioners had the authority and right to fill in the lot owned by the county and that same was for the public good and for a lawful function. Therefore, defendant had the official and…
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