Irby v. Raley

The plaintiff in error contends that the processioners’ return should have been made to the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenue of Jefferson County, instead of to the Ordinary of Jefferson County, and that for this reason the motion to dismiss should have been sustained. To support this contention he argues that when the Supreme Court expressly held in Braden v. Martin, 136 Ga. 868 (1b) (72 S. E. 342), and Barnhill v. Georgia Trading &c. Co., 158 Ga. 898 (4) (124 S. E. 524), that the acts of 1871-72, p. 225, vested in the various boards of commissioners of roads and revenue exclusive…