Legal Opinion
City of Decatur v. Fountain
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 4, 1958No. 20080PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
1. “To entitle one to the writ of mandamus, it must appear from the petition therefor that the applicant has a clear legal right to have performed the particular act which he seeks to have enforced. Code § 64-101; Douglas v. Board of Education of Johnson County, 164 Ga. 271 (138 S. E. 226); Hodges v. Kennedy, 184 Ga. 400 (191 S. E. 377); Harmon v. James, 200 Ga. 742, 744 (38 S. E. 2d 401).” Trussed v. Martin, 207 Ga. 553, 556 (63 S. E. 2d 361). Under the agreed stipulation between the parties, there were no issues of fact, the only question being whether the petition makes a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McWhorter v. SettleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Douglas v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Harmon v. JamesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- City of Hawkinsville v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- City of Pearson v. the Glidden Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Ben Lomond, Inc. v. City of Idaho FallsIdaho Supreme Court · 1968
- WMM Properties, Inc. v. Cobb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Manning v. A. A. B. Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- City of Hawkinsville v. Wilson & Wilson, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Brown v. MinterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
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