Legal Opinion
Commissioners of Chatham County v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 1960No. 20699PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Almand, Justice.
The judgment under review is one overruling a general demurrer to an equitable petition and granting an interlocutory injunction.
Savannah Electric & Power Company and three named persons, customers of the utility company, brought their petition against the Ex-Offico Judges and Commissioners of Chatham County and J. Archie Johnson, Tax Commissioner of Chatham County. Their prayers were for a decree declaring an ordinance enacted by the defendant commissioners on August 7, 1959, to be void, and for an injunction enjoining the enforcement of the ordinance by the- defendants.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beazley v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Pullman Co. v. SuttlesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Brown v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Almand v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Richmond County Business Ass'n v. Richmond CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Sheley v. Board of Public EducationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- DeKalb County v. Brown Builders CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Board of Public Education & Orphanage v. ZimmermanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- City of Lithonia v. DeKalb County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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