Pearson v. County of Tift

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

1. Since, under Mayor &c. of Savannah v. Collins, 211 Ga. 191 (84 SE2d 454), the county could either condemn property or use property it owns for governmental purposes, even though such use violates a zoning ordinance of a municipality in said county, we do not stop to pass upon the validity of the zoning ordinance or the zoning map which was not attached thereto, since, if they are valid, they would not constitute a valid reason for enjoining the county from using its property for governmental purposes.

2. The county commissioners had authority under Ga. L. 1917, p.…