Meyer & Co. v. Jordan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Reagan. Pike superior court. February 4, 1905. E. J. Meyer & Company applied for a writ of mandamus against the mayor and council of the Town of Moleña, to compel them to levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay a judgment which the plaintiffs alleged they had obtained against the town. The mandamus was denied, and they excepted.
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Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Reagan. Pike superior court. February 4, 1905. E. J. Meyer & Company applied for a writ of mandamus against the mayor and council of the Town of Moleña, to compel them to levy and collect a tax sufficient to pay a judgment which the plaintiffs alleged they had obtained against the town. The mandamus was denied, and they excepted. On the hearing ■of the application the record of the suit and judgment on which the plaintiffs relied was introduced in evidence. The petition alleged that Moleña was a municipal corporation chartered under ■the general laws of the…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After seating the foregoing facts.) In the bill, of exceptions the two amendments dated February 2, 1905, are referred to as if they were independent motions to amend the. acknowledgment of service and the judgment. In the record, .however, they appear to have been tendered as amendments to-the petition for mandamus. In one instance, after stating the name of the case, the proposed amendment is headed: “ Suit in Pike superior court, Oct. term, 1904.” In the other it is stated as “application for mandamus, in Pike superior court, Oct. term,. 1904.” Neither of these descriptions is applicable…
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