Legal Opinion

Mayor of Gainesville v. Simmons

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 11, 1896PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Equitable petition. Before Judge Kimsey. Hall superior court. January term, 1895.

1Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, Justice.

The decision rendered in this case when it was last before this court (see 96 Ga. 477) is controlling upon all the questions made under the present writ of error, and a re-examination of them would, therefore, be unprofitable and unnecessary. The exaction of the matriculation fee, of which complaint was made, was illegal, and in so far as the bill seeks to enjoin the collection of such fees, it should have been retained, and the demurrer overruled. The special matters set up in the amendment, aside from the one first referred to, having been covered by the adjudication of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Mayor of Gainesville v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Town of DecaturSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Ingram v. Trustees of Mercer UniversitySupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Wilson v. StanfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  4. Claxton v. StanfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
  5. Washington Telephone Co. v. DysonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926

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