Morris v. Tatum

1. This case arose upon a petition brought by a citizen and taxpayer of the City of Atlanta, a municipal corporation of this State, upon the official bond of the city clerk, in which action an ordinance or resolution of said city is attacked as being “an illegal, unwarranted, and unauthorized and excessive appropriation to the Georgia Power Company,” in violation of the city charter and of certain provisions of the State constitution. On dismissal of the petition on demurrer, the plaintiff excepted and took the case to the Supreme Court for review. That court transferred the case to this…