Green v. Mayor of Savannah
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Decided by Judge Fleming, at Chambers, June, 1848. On the 29th day-of April, in the year 1817, the following contract was entered into between William Mein, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah: State of Georgia, City of Savannah— This Indenture, made the 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1817, between William Mein, of said City of Savannah, of the one part, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of Savannah, of the other part:…
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Certiorari. Decided by Judge Fleming, at Chambers, June, 1848. On the 29th day-of April, in the year 1817, the following contract was entered into between William Mein, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Savannah: State of Georgia, City of Savannah— This Indenture, made the 29th day of April, in the year of our Lord, 1817, between William Mein, of said City of Savannah, of the one part, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the said City of Savannah, of the other part: Witnesseth, that whereas, at a meeting of the inhabitants of the said City, duly assembled and convened on the day of March…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
The two main questions presented for our consideration, on *9the argument of this cause, were — First, the construction of the contract entered into on the 29th of April, 1817, between William Mein and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah; and, Second, whether the Mayor and Aldermen of the City had the right, under the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and the Laws thereof, to enact the Ordinances of 26th January, 1826, and 29th May, 1848, in pursuance of which, the growing crop of rice of the…
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