Jones v. Bank of Cumming
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mandamus. Before Judge Gober. Forsyth superior court. August 24, 1908. The Bank of Gumming filed its application for the writ of mandamus against Jones as ordinary of Forsyth county, alleging, in brief, as follows: The jurisdiction over county matters and the management of all county business in Forsyth county is vested in the ordinary.
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Mandamus. Before Judge Gober. Forsyth superior court. August 24, 1908. The Bank of Gumming filed its application for the writ of mandamus against Jones as ordinary of Forsyth county, alleging, in brief, as follows: The jurisdiction over county matters and the management of all county business in Forsyth county is vested in the ordinary. The defendant occupies that office and discharges its duties, as well as that of clerk of the court of ordinary, having no legally appointed and qualified clerk of that court. He had authority to make contracts on behalf of the county with other persons' for…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
“All official duties should be faithfully fulfilled, and whenever, from any cause, a defect of legal justice would ensue from a failure or improper fulfillment, the writ of mandamus may issue to compel a due performance, if there be no other specific legal remedy for the legal rights.” Civil Code, §4867. Was there a legal duty on the part of the ordinary to enter on his minutes the contract for the building of the court-house, and the order given by the contractor to the bank, and his acceptance thereof? If so, would there, from any cause, ensue a defect of…
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