Legal Opinion

Slaughter v. City of Lagrange

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1939No. 27811PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

1. “In a trial before a municipal court the recorder . . may take judicial notice of the ordinances of the city, defining offenses against the same. [But] Neither the Supreme Court nor any other court than the municipal court can take judicial cognizance of a municipal ordinance.” Hill v. Atlanta, 125 Ga. 697 (54 S. E. 354, 5 Ann. Cas. 614); Bateman v. Atlanta, 51 Ga. App. 10 (179 S. E. 403).

2. “When a petition for certiorari, brought to review a judgment rendered in a municipal court, assigns error upon the judgment of that court, on the ground that the same is contrary to the evidence, and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Hill v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Bateman v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. City of Atlanta v. WhittenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  2. Lemon v. MartinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Calloway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Lewenstein v. CurryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
  5. Price v. Fulton County CommissionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

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