Concerned Citizens of Willacoochee v. City of Willacoochee

Thompson, Justice.

In this appeal, we are called upon to decide which of two local legislative enactments governs the way in which the City of Willa-coochee is to fill vacancies on its city council: the 1953 city charter which provides that vacancies can be filled by appointment, or a 1980 amendment to the charter which authorizes the calling of special elections. In deciding this question, we are guided by the principle that repeals by implication are not favored, and that it is only when a statute and a previous statute are clearly repugnant that a repeal by implication will result. Johnson…