Supreme Court of Georgia, 1894

Bagwell v. Town of Lawrenceville

Bagwell v. Town of Lawrenceville
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided July 30, 1894
94 Ga. 654; 21 S.E. 903; 1894 Ga. LEXIS 242

Bagwell v. Town of Lawrenceville

Opinion of the Court

Bagwell was convicted in tbe mayor’s court of Lawrenceville for violating tbe ordinance described in the second head-note; which conviction was sustained on certiorari. He contended that the charter of the town conferred no power to enact such legislation (see Acts *6551882-88, p. 356); also, that the act just cited is violative of the constitutional provisions found in the code, §§5076, 5067.

C. H. Brand, for plaintiff in error.

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