Legal Opinion
Baker v. City of Lafayette
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 6, 1947No. 15925PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In the instant suit by an owner of pin-ball machines against the Mayor and Council of the City of LaFayette, praying for a judgment declaring that an ordinance of the city, prohibiting the operation of pin-ball machines and similar machines as described therein, is invalid, and that plaintiff's machines do not come within its provisions, also for injunctive and general relief, held:
1. Under the charter of the City of LaFayette (Ga. L. 1914, pp. 936, 958, § 51), the mayor and council had authority to pass the ordinance in question.
2. The allegations of the petition as amended, construed on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Murphy v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Woodward v. City of LithoniaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Thompson v. City of ClarkstonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Friedman v. AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Phillips v. City of AtlantaDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1944
3Cited by4 opinions
- Terry v. CITY OF PORTLANDOregon Supreme Court · 1955
- Wallace v. City of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Terry v. CITY OF PORTLANDOregon Supreme Court · 1955
- Total Vending Services, Inc. v. Gwinnett CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981