Cook v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia
County Matters. Ordinary. Amendment. Parties. Attorneys. Equity. Costs. Master. Practice in the Superior Court. Injunction. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Hill. Houston Superior Court. May Term,, 1874. This case is sufficienty reported in the above head-notes.
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
1. Section 491 of the Code enacts that every county in the state may sue or be sued in any court. The next section provides that suits against a county must be against the ordinary, and declares how service may be effected. This is amended by the act of 1872, which says service may be made upon the commissioners of a county, where the fiscal affairs thereof are by law committed to such a board. In Collins vs. Hudson et al., decided at the present term, it was held that suits against a county might be brought against the board of commissioners. In Justices Inferior Court vs.…
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