Danielly v. Cabaniss
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal corporations. Schools. Constitutional law. Laws. General assembly. Bonds. Negotiable securities. Before Judge Haul. Monroe county. At chambers.
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Municipal corporations. Schools. Constitutional law. Laws. General assembly. Bonds. Negotiable securities. Before Judge Haul. Monroe county. At chambers. December 9th, 1873. ' John A. Danielly, Cyrus Sharp, and other tax-payers and citizens of the town of Forsyth, filed their bill against Thomas B. Cabaniss, present intendant, A. D. Hammond, former in-ten dant, B. M. Turner, former secretary and treasurer, S. D. Mobley, present secretary and treasurer, J. S. Lawton, commissioner of said town, B. Pye & Son, W. L. Lampkin and H. G. Bean, bankers, and J. J. Greer, claiming to act as marshal,…
1Opinion of the Court
McCay, Judge.
1. A municipal corporation, in its very nature, is but a branch of the government. Its object, in this country, has always been to exercise governmental powers in such detail as it would be inconvenient and unwise to commit to the legislature: Code, sec. 1672. The advancement of education is not only by the bill of rights (constitution, article 1, section 27,) declared, in effect, to be one of the objects of government, but there is a special article in the constitution devoted to this subject :• Art. 6. No student of the history of this country, from the earliest settlement to…
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- DuPre v. City of MariettaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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