Morgan v. Reeves

We granted this application for certiorari in order to review the Court of Appeals’ holding that the Civil Practice Act (Ga. L, 1966, p. 609; 1967, p. 8; 1967, p. 226) does not change the rule that a municipal ordinance must be pleaded and proved before it is admissible in evidence. The application also involves two other assignments of error which will be referred to later.

These rulings were made in Reeves v. Morgan, 121 Ga. App. 481 (174 SE2d 460), which reversed the trial court’s judgment in favor of the defendants. Mrs. Ella Reeves brought suit in the Superior Court of Fulton County…