Legal Opinion

O'Quinn v. Mayor of Homerville

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 13, 1931No. 20620PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.

“Neither the superior court nor this court can consider questions raised in a petition for certiorari that were not before the trial judicatory.” Duren v. Thomasville, 125 Ga. 1 (3) (53 S. E. 814). The instant petition for certiorari, brought to review a judgment entered in a proceeding before the mayor and council of a municipality ordering the abatement of a nuisance, assigns error upon such judgment on the ground that the proceeding was a nullity because of the absence of a proper party plaintiff; that the proceeding was invalid because no ordinance of the town giving the mayor and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Duren v. City of ThomasvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Bull & Son v. CarpenterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  3. Hutchinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Poole v. ArnoldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  2. Turner v. HardySupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  3. Willis v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  4. Southern Pacific Co. v. Davison-Paxon Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  5. Vandiver v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950

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