Legal Opinion
Paulding County v. City of Hiram
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 28, 1977No. 32715PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Justice.
The appellant, Paulding County, brought this suit against the appellee, the City of Hiram, contesting the validity of various annexation ordinances passed by the Hiram City Council in October of 1976. The annexation ordinances were enacted under the "100% method of annexation” authorized by Code Ann. § 69-902 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 119; 1969, p. 504). They are so-called "stem” or "spoke” annexations which this court, in City of Gainesville v. Hall County Bd. of Ed., 233 Ga.77 (209 SE2d 637) (1974), held to be authorized by Code Ann. § 69-903 (Ga. L. 1962, p. 119) (which contains…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Metropolitan Street Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Barrett v. HambySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. City of BremenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Brunswick & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- City of Holly Springs v. Cherokee CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
- Cooper v. City of GainesvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- City of Cartersville v. Bartow County School DistrictCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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