Grimsley v. Twiggs County

Clarke, Justice.

A dispute between the clerk of superior court and the county commissioners of Twiggs County is appealed to this court. In order to resolve it we must treat the issue of inherent power of the superior court and its relationship to statutory law.

The case reaches us as an appeal from a mandamus absolute requiring the county commissioners to pay for temporary clerical help in the clerk’s office during a term of court. The trial court also denied the clerk’s request for attorney fees, and she appeals. We affirm both orders.

The controversy began when the clerk submitted to the…