Dorsey v. Ansley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Quo ' Warranto. Estoppel. Before Judge Fain. Bartow Superior Court. January Term, 1884. Reported in the decision.'
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiffs in error filed their petition, aclring for leave to exhibit an information in the nature of a quo warranto against the defendants in error, who were exercising the functions and offices of councilmen of the town of Taylorsville, in which they alleged that respondents had been elected such councilmen on the seventh day of January, 1884, which election was illegal, as théy alleged, because by the charter of said town, the election should have been held on the first Thursday in January, 1884, which was the third day of that month ; and that they were elected at…
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