Wheeler County v. McRae

Where by an act of the legislature a sole-commissioner form of government was created for Wheeler County (Ga. R. 1924, p. 378), giving to the sole county commissioner full control over the fiscal affairs of the county and transferring to him all of the powers theretofore exercised by the ordinary while sitting for county purposes, the ordinary has no authority thereafter to prosecute a suit in the name of the county on the bond given by the sole commissioner as agent or as an individual. See Smith v. Fuller, 135 Ga. 271, 277 (69 S. E. 177, Ann. Cas. 1912A, 70); Henry v. Means, 137 Ga. 153 (3)…