Legal Opinion

Lee v. Tucker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 31, 1908PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Petition for injunction. Before Judge Whipple. Irwin superior court. October 4, 1907.

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.

J. M.. Lee and others as citizens and taxpayers of Irwin county filed an equitable petition against Tucker and Fletcher, commissioners of roads and revenue of Irwin county, seeking to enjoin them from removing the court-house from Irwin-ville to Oeilla, upon the grounds that the election to determine whether the county site should he removed was illegal and void, and the act of the legislature authorizing the removal was unconstitutional, null, and void. The following facts appear from the evidence: By a constitutional amendment duly passed and ratified in 1906 the county of Ben Hill was…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. McPherson v. BlackerSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Stevenson v. ColganCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Speer v. Mayor of AthensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  4. Irvin v. GregorySupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  5. Peed v. McCrarySupreme Court of Georgia · 1894

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Bennett v. WheatleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. State ex rel. Young v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  3. DeLoach v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  4. Town of Maysville v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  5. Davison v. Woolworth Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1938

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