Kehoe v. Rourke
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Gann. Chatham superior court. April 1, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. Where the municipality had title in fee to its streets, as indicated by the ruling in Savannah R. Co. v. Shields, 33 Ga. 614, and statutes therein cited, and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, by an appropriate deed executed January 12, 1898, conveyed a certain portion of one of its streets covered by a public dock in exchange for other land to be used as a street, even if the municipality did not then have charter power to execute such deed, the want of original authority was saved by the confirmatory act of August 12, 1905 (Acts 1905, p. 595), and the grantee by virtue of…
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