Mayor of Savannah v. State ex rel. Green
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for a Mandamus before Judge Fleming, in Chat-ham county, July, 1847. By an Act of the Legislature- of Georgia in 1841, — “to make permanent the water-line, for certain wharves, on the shore of Hutchinson’s Island in the Savannah River, opposite the City of Savannah; and for appointing Commissioners to carry the same into effect,” a commission was established, “to consist oí four persons to be chosen and appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah;…
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Application for a Mandamus before Judge Fleming, in Chat-ham county, July, 1847. By an Act of the Legislature- of Georgia in 1841, — “to make permanent the water-line, for certain wharves, on the shore of Hutchinson’s Island in the Savannah River, opposite the City of Savannah; and for appointing Commissioners to carry the same into effect,” a commission was established, “to consist oí four persons to be chosen and appointed by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah; three to b'e selected by the Commissioners of Pilotage, for the bar of Tybee and River Savannah; and six by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.,
delivering the opinion.
In 1841, the Legislature of Georgia passed an act “ to make permanent the water line for certain wharves on the shore of Hutchinson’s Island in the Savannah River, opposite the city of Savannah ; and for appointing commissioners to carry the same into effect.” — Bam. Acts of 1841, ¶. 47.
Sec. 1st Declares, “ that for the purpose of adjusting the various conflicting interests of the owners of land along the shores of Hutchinson’s Island, and for the improvement of the navigation of the River Savannah, that a line of wharf heads should be…
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