Welsch v. Wilson

Grice, Justice.

This litigation raises the question of whether the City of Marietta is authorized to pay to its mayor compensation, over and beyond the sum specified in the charter as the mayor’s salary, for services ordinarily rendered by a city manager.

A taxpayer, Charles C. Wilson, filed his petition in Cobb Superior Court against Sam J. Welsch, individually and as mayor of the City of Marietta; A. L. Bagley, Jr., as clerk and treasurer of that city; and the City of Marietta, seeking to enjoin the disbursement and receipt of monies from the city’s treasury pursuant to a resolution adopted…