City & Suburban Railway Co. v. Mayor of Savannah
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Streets and Sidewalks. Railroads. Street-Railroads. Before Judge Adams. Chat-ham Superior Court. December Term, 1885. The municipal authorities of the city of Savannah passed an ordinance requiring that “each and every company or corporation operating any street-car line within the limits of the city of Savannah shall water their tracks so as to effectually keep the dust on the same laid,” and providing a penalty for its violation.
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Municipal Corporations. Streets and Sidewalks. Railroads. Street-Railroads. Before Judge Adams. Chat-ham Superior Court. December Term, 1885. The municipal authorities of the city of Savannah passed an ordinance requiring that “each and every company or corporation operating any street-car line within the limits of the city of Savannah shall water their tracks so as to effectually keep the dust on the same laid,” and providing a penalty for its violation. Under this ordinance, a fine was imposed on the City and Suburban Railway Co. A certiorari was sued out, and upon the hearing was…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The police court of Savannah fined the City and Suburban Railway of Savannah, Georgia, for neglecting to water the track on which it ran through the streets of the city. The railway company sued out writ of certiorari to the superior court of the county of Chatham, which was dismissed by that court, and error is assigned here on its dismissal, on the ground that the ordinance authorizing the *733fine and requiring the company to water the track, is without legal authority and void.
1. The authority given by charter to the city of Savannah is very broad. It is “to make,…
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