Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917

Powell v. City of Cairo

Powell v. City of Cairo
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided June 13, 1917 · George
20 Ga. App. 184; 92 S.E. 943; 1917 Ga. App. LEXIS 789

Powell v. City of Cairo

Opinion of the Court

George, J.

Under the decision in Barlow v. Americas, 146 Ga. 805 (92 S. E. 643), the municipal ordinance under which the plaintiff in error was tried arid'convicted is void; and the court erred in overruling the certiorari, the validity of the ordinance being directly attacked in the petition for certiorari.

Judgment reversed.

Wade, G. J., and Lulce, J., concur.

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