Singer v. City of Cordele

Nichols, Justice.

The charter of the City of Cordele gives the governing authority of said city the right to “purchase, hold, enjoy, receive, possess, and retain in perpetuity, lands, tenements, or hereditaments of any kind whatsoever within and without the corporate limits of said city for corporate purposes, and to sell, alien and convey, exchange or lease the same.” Ga. L. 1922, pp. 680, 682.

In Adams v. City of Rome, 59 Ga. 765, 769, it was held that the language “sell, alien, exchange, lease, convey in any manner whatsoever” could not be limited without at the same time limiting like…