Mullin v. City of Saint Marys

1. The charter of the city of St. Marys (Georgia Laws 1910, p. 1086) expressly authorizes the city to sell or lease “any estate or estates, real or personal, lands, tenements, and hereditaments of all kinds whatsoever, within or without the limits of said city, for corporate purposes,” and provides that the city council “shall have special powers in such capacity to make all contracts which said council may deem necessary for the welfare of said city or its eitizens,” etc. The petition does not disclose that the contract alleged as the basis of the present action by the city was unauthorized.

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