City of Ludowici v. Stapleton

Hunt, Justice.

On May 3, 1988, two of the five aldermen of the City of Ludowici filed articles of impeachment with the city clerk and asked a policeman to serve them on the mayor. The mayor fired the policeman, vetoed his reinstatement by the city council and brought this declara tory judgment action to have the impeachment section of the city charter declared unconstitutional. When the aldermen hired an attorney to represent them after the city attorney declined to represent either side, the mayor vetoed the hiring.

The trial court held that Section 42 of the city charter was unconstitutional…