Arnett v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia
Actions. Counties. Constitutional Law. Amendment. Before Judge IIansell. Decatur Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1884 Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
When this case was called for trial in the superior court, a motion was made to dismiss it because it was improp*783erly brought against the board of commissioners of Decatur county,—that the suit was not maintainable against the defendants, as such commissioners; and the court having intimated an intention to sustain the m'otion, plaintiff then asked leave to amend, first, by striking from the declaration the words “Board of commissioners.Of Decatur county,” so that the suit should proceed against the persons named ■ as such county commissioners individually; and, secondly, by…
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