Wright v. Hardwick
Supreme Court of Georgia
■ Mandamus. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. September 21, 1921. The General Assembly passed an act, approved by the Governor August 5, 1921, which reads as follows; “An act to authorize the Governor, from time to time, to set apart the rental of the Western and Atlantic Eailroad, for limited periods, as a special fund, and to authorize the- Governor to draw warrants against said special fund, to discount the same, and to place the proceeds in the treasury for…
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■ Mandamus. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. September 21, 1921. The General Assembly passed an act, approved by the Governor August 5, 1921, which reads as follows; “An act to authorize the Governor, from time to time, to set apart the rental of the Western and Atlantic Eailroad, for limited periods, as a special fund, and to authorize the- Governor to draw warrants against said special fund, to discount the same, and to place the proceeds in the treasury for the purpose of meeting the obligations of the State then created and incurred by law; and for other purposes. “ Section…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After making the foregoing statement.-)
1. One ground set up in response to the mandamus nisi, and urged as cause why it should not be made absolute, is that the act of the General Assembly “under which the petitioner, the Governor of the State of Georgia, claims the right to draw said warrant, is unconstitutional and therefore void, in that such warrant when drawn and countersigned becomes a debt contracted by and on behalf of the State, contrary to the provisions of article 7, section 3, paragraph 1 (Code section 6558), of the constitution, of the State of Georgia, reading as follows: ‘No…
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