Vason v. City of Augusta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Nuisance. Jurisdiction. Landlord and Tenant. Certiorari. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. June Term, 1868. Foster Blodgett was Mayor of the City of Augusta, and acting as Recorder thereof. As Recorder, he issued a summons requiring Vason to answer for an alleged violation of an ordinance of said city. That ordinance was, “ no person shall keep on his or her premises any nuisance to the annoyance of his or her neighbors.
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Nuisance. Jurisdiction. Landlord and Tenant. Certiorari. Before Judge Gibson. Richmond Superior Court. June Term, 1868. Foster Blodgett was Mayor of the City of Augusta, and acting as Recorder thereof. As Recorder, he issued a summons requiring Vason to answer for an alleged violation of an ordinance of said city. That ordinance was, “ no person shall keep on his or her premises any nuisance to the annoyance of his or her neighbors. Any person .so annoyed may complain to a member of Council, belonging to his or her ward, who shall require, in writing, an abatement of the nuisance complained…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
1. The 16th section of the Act of the Legislature, passed 15th of February, 1856, declares: “ That the City Council of Augusta shall be and they are hereby authorized to elect an officer to be known as ‘ Recorder,’ in whom they may vest exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of their ordinances, and he shall have power to try and determine the same,” etc.
The 17th section enacts that, “said Recorder shall hold his courts at such times and places as said City Council may prescribe, and they shall direct the mode of summoning or bringing up parties for trial. In the absence of the Recorder,…
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