Legal Opinion
Collins v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 9, 1976No. 31324PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Chief Justice.
This appeal results from an election contest for the office of mayor of the town of Rhine.
Williams, the incumbent mayor, was declared reelected and Harry Lee Collins filed a contest in which he attacked the absentee ballots cast in such election. When the contest was heard before the city council, Williams, the incumbent mayor, was represented by counsel and moved to dismiss the proceedings upon the ground that the provision of the Municipal Election Code (Code Ann. § 34A-1501) fails to provide for notice of such hearing. No ruling was made upon such attack. Council…
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