Bower v. Avery

Andrew Avery, as a citizen and taxpayer of Decatur County, Georgia, instituted quo warranto proceedings against Roland Bower to have the latter declared disqualified and ineligible to hold the office of county school superintendent of that county, on the ground that Bower was a resident of the City of Bainbridge, and that the incorporate territory of the City of Bainbridge is an independent school district “and in nowise legally a part or portion of the public-school system of said county.” The respondent filed general and special demurrers, and made a special appearance in which there was a…