McDermott v. Mayor of Savannah
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Chatham superior court — Judge Charlton. November 9, 1915. The certiorari was dismissed by the judge of the superior court on motion based in part on the ground that “the ordinances, for the violation, of which the plaintiff in certiorari was tried in the municipal court, are not set out in the petition, either literally or in substance, and it is not alleged that there were no such ordinances.”
1Opinion of the CourtHodges, J.
In the recorder’s court of the City of Savannah the plaintiff in error was convicted of the violation of certain ordinances, not disclosed by the record, and it is insisted on the part of the defendant in error that, these ordinances not being in the record, this court can not hold that the judge of the superior court erred in failing to sustain the certiorari. The plaintiff in error insists that under the charter of the city the ordinances of the City of Savannah are cognizable as State statutes. This court is bound by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the State, and in the ease of Mayor…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Mayor of Savannah v. JordanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Hill v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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- Collier v. SchoenbergCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921