Coweta County v. City of Newnan

Hill, Chief Justice.

This mandamus case involves the right of the City of Newnan’s Water, Sewerage and Light Commission to extend its services into Coweta County without permission from the county. The trial court granted the Commission’s motion for summary judgment and the county appeals.

The Newnan Water, Sewerage and Light Commission (the city commission) relies on a 1973 local act granting it the power to furnish its services beyond the city limits. Ga. L. 1973, pp. 3690-91. The county argues that this law should be strictly construed as a matter of public policy and that it is limited by…