Highsmith v. Clark

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

A quo warranto action was filed by Randall Clark, individually and as Chairman of the Republican Party of Glynn County, challenging the right of Eugene Highsmith to hold the office of county commissioner from commission district four. Clark claimed that Highsmith, a part-time federal magistrate, was ineligible to hold the position under Code Ann. § 89-101 (4). Highsmith raised as defenses Clark’s standing and an exception in the applicable statute. The trial court held that Clark had standing as an individual and that Highsmith did not fall within the statutory…