Legal Opinion
Stephenson v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1991No. S91A0135PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
Appellant Stephenson is the Clerk of Superior Court of Cobb County. In January 1989 Stephenson employed an attorney to defend him in an inmate’s mandamus action. The attorney was not one of the attorneys hired by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners (hereafter, the board) to do county work. Stephenson later sought reimbursement from the board for the attorney fees. The board refused to pay the fees on the ground Stephenson did not have the authority to hire legal counsel for the clerk’s office. The board maintained that only it had the power to contract for an attorney’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Templeman v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
- Grimsley v. Twiggs CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- DeKalb County v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Mobley v. Polk CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Price v. Fulton County CommissionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Krieger v. Walton County Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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