City Council v. Burum & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Roney. Richmond county. June 19, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. By a special act approved November 23,1814 (Acts 1814, p. 36 ; City Code of Augusta, p. 346), “ to prevent encroachments on the streets and highways in the City *69of Augusta, and to remove such as now exist,” the municipal authorities of that city were given full power to remove any “obstruction or encroachment upon the streets or highways within the limits of said city, at the expense of such person or persons as shall cause the same. The method of exercising the power thus con-, ferred is pointed out in section 6 of that act, which declares “ That the said City Council of…
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