Legal Opinion

Butts County v. Wright

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 18, 1911PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Complaint. Before Judge Reagan. Butts superior court. July 7, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

1. “All claims against counties must'be presented for payment within twelve months after they accrue or become payable, or the same are barred, unless held by minors or other persons laboring under disabilities, who are allowed twelve months after the removal of such disability.” Civil Code (1910), § 411.

2. If a person who seeks to recover money from a county on the ground that the county officers illegally borrowed it from'him, but that it was used for specified legitimate current expenses of a given year, has no claim against the county for money, he is not entitled to any recovery. If he…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Maddox v. County of RandolphSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commercial Trust Co. of Hagerstown v. Laurens CountsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1920
  2. Jackson Banking Co. v. GastonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  3. Lynch v. Harris CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. Sammons v. Glascock CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  5. Butts County v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

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