Jones v. McCaskill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Quo warranto. Before Judge Spence. Dougherty superior court. cited: Acts 1899, pp. 26, 107; Black, Const. Law, 5; 39 Ga. 416; 104 Ga. 838, 853; Acts 1895, p. 98; Civil Code, §§5935,5732; Black,Int. Laws, 270; 23 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (1st ed.) 221, 435; 85 Ga. 19; 92 Ga. 692; 101 Ga. 246; 83 Ga. 616; 60 Ga. 404; 109 Ga. 822.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
McCaskill, the relator, brought an information in the nature of a quo warranto, to test the right of Jones, the respondent, to hold the office of member of the board of water and electric light commissioners of the City of Albany. When the information was filed Jones was holding both this municipal office and that of councilman of the City of Albany, having been, while holding the office of councilman, elected by the city council as a member of the board of water and electric light commissioners. The contention of the relator was, that, under the provisions of section 739 of the Political…
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