County of DeKalb v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petitions for injunction. Before Judge Ellis in the one case, and Judge Pendleton in the other. Fulton superior court. February 15, March 16, 1909. The County of DeKalb brought an equitable action against the City of Atlanta, seeking to enjoin the defendant, its officers, mayor, council, clerk, and agents from holding an election to determine whether all the territory included within the corporate limits of Atlanta should lie in the County of Fulton or the County of DeKalb,…
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Petitions for injunction. Before Judge Ellis in the one case, and Judge Pendleton in the other. Fulton superior court. February 15, March 16, 1909. The County of DeKalb brought an equitable action against the City of Atlanta, seeking to enjoin the defendant, its officers, mayor, council, clerk, and agents from holding an election to determine whether all the territory included within the corporate limits of Atlanta should lie in the County of Fulton or the County of DeKalb, under an ordinance which had been passed for that purpose, “or taking any other steps to carry out said ordinance,” anct…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
These two cases were argued together. In both, an attack was made on the effort to change the county line between Fulton and DeKalb counties so as to include the entire-territory lying in the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta in one county or the other, by means of holding an election under the act of 1906 (Acts 1906, p. 121), and putting into effect the change of line according to the result of such election. Numerous grounds were alleged as a basis for the injunction sought in each case, but under the view which we take it will not be necessary to-discuss all of them.
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