Legal Opinion
City of Brunswick v. Anderson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 1948No. 16410PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
1. The use of a city’s streets for the transportation of passengers for hire in a taxicab is not an inherent right, but a mere privilege which the municipality, in the exercise of its discretion, may grant or refuse. Schlesinger v. Atlanta, 161 Ga. 148 (129 S. E. 861); Clem v. LaGrange, 169 Ga. 51 (149 S. E. 638, 65 A. L. R. 1361); McWhorter v. Settle, 202 Ga. 334 (43 S. E. 2d, 247). It is a privilege which the city may in the exercise of its discretion grant to one and deny to another. Rogers v. Carr, 203 Ga. 594 (47 S. E. 2d, 813). Being a privilege only, it does not come…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Schlesinger v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Paulk v. Mayor of SycamoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- City of Albany v. LippittSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Clein v. KaplanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Thomas v. Mayor &C. of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Nottingham v. ElliottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Mayor &C. of Athens v. Co-Op Cab Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1951
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