Legal Opinion
Barr v. City Council of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 10, 1950No. 17014PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head Justice.
1. “The business affairs of a municipality are committed to the corporate authorities, and the courts will not interfere except in a clear case of mismanagement or fraud.” McMaster v. Waynesboro, 122 Ga. 231 (5) (50 S. E. 122); South Georgia Power Co. v. Baumann, 169 Ga. 649, 652 (151 S. E. 513); Lawson v. Moultrie, 194 Ga. 699, 703 (22 S. E. 2d, 592).
2. The fixing of water rates, from time to time, by a municipality, is a legislative or governmental power, and one council may not, by contract or ordinance, deprive succeeding councils of this legislative or governmental power.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Horkan v. City of MoultrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Brunswick & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
- Screws v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- South Georgia Power Co. v. BaumannSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Lawson v. City of MoultrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Mitchell v. City of WichitaSupreme Court of Kansas · 2000
- Zepp v. Mayor & Council of the City of AthensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Diverse Power, Inc. v. City of LaGrange, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- City of Miami Beach v. SchauerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1958
- City of Moultrie v. BurgessSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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