Welsch v. Wilson

217 Ga. 582 (1962)

124 S.E.2d 77

WELSCH, Mayor, et al.

v.

WILSON. WELSCH

v.

WILSON.

21473, 21474.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued January 8, 1962.

Decided February 8, 1962.

Frank D. Schaffer, Vernon W. Duncan, for plaintiffs in error.

Grubbs & Prosser, J. Milton Grubbs, Jr., contra.

GRICE, Justice.

This litigation raises the question of whether the City of Marietta is authorized to pay to its mayor compensation, over and beyond the sum specified in the charter as the mayor's salary, for services ordinarily rendered by a city manager.

A taxpayer, Charles C. Wilson, filed his petition in Cobb Superior Court…