Childrey v. City of Atlanta

The defendant was convicted, under an ordinance of the City of Atlanta, of doing business without a license. His' certiorari was dismissed, and he excepted. Counsel for the city contends that the ordinance requiring a license was not set forth in the petition for certiorari; and that the petition should have been dismissed or denied; citing Porter v. Thomasville, 16 Ga. App. 313 (85 S. E. 283). We recognize the rule there stated, that superior courts and the reviewing courts will not take judicial notice of municipal ordinances; and that a petition for the writ of certiorari must set out the…