Mayor of Columbus v. Jaques
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. • Decisions by Judge Worrill. These two cases, relating to the same subject-matter, and involving the same facts and legal questions were argued and decided together. The object of the bills — one filed by Jaques and others, the other by the Solicitor General, ex rel — was to enjoin the City Council of Columbus from the erection of a new market house, in the course of construction, in Oglethorpe street in said city.
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In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. • Decisions by Judge Worrill. These two cases, relating to the same subject-matter, and involving the same facts and legal questions were argued and decided together. The object of the bills — one filed by Jaques and others, the other by the Solicitor General, ex rel — was to enjoin the City Council of Columbus from the erection of a new market house, in the course of construction, in Oglethorpe street in said city. Complainants, among other things, allege that they are citizens and tax-payers of the city of Columbus; that said city is largely indebted;…
1Opinion of the Court
*508 By the Court.
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion.
Two bills were filed against the Mayor and City Council of Columbus.
One by the Solicitor General, for the State of Georgia, on the information of a large number of the citizens and taxpayers of the city of Columbus, to enjoin the Mayor and City Council from the erection of a large building for a market-house, with a hall above, to be let for concerts and exhibitions, which they (the City Council) had contracted for, and contemplated erecting in the centre of Oglethorpe street; which is alleged to be one of the most public thoroughfares and…
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