Williams v. City Council of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari. Before Judge Holt, in Richmond County. . The plaintiffs in error were summoned to appear before the defendants, upon a charge of a violation of the 63d Section of the General Ordinance of said City, in relation to keeping more than a certain quantity of gun-powder in store.
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Certiorari. Before Judge Holt, in Richmond County. . The plaintiffs in error were summoned to appear before the defendants, upon a charge of a violation of the 63d Section of the General Ordinance of said City, in relation to keeping more than a certain quantity of gun-powder in store. The plaintiff, appeared and objected to the jurisdiction of the City Council; which objection was over-ruled, and a fine imposed of $300. The plaintiffs in error sued out a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of Richmond county, on the grounds— 1st. Because the Legislature, in the Act of incorporation of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
The counsel for the plaintiffs in error have assigned three grounds, of error in this Court, to the decision of the Court below.
1st. That the Court below erred, in deciding that the laws incorporating the City of Augusta, conferred on the City Council, the power to pass the ordinance, by virtue of which the fine complained of was imposed on the plaintiffs in error.
2d. That the Court below erred, in deciding that the Legislature had the constitutional right to confer on the City Council, the power to pass the ordinance complained of.
3d. That the…
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