Supreme Court of Georgia, 1900

Daniel v. Mayor of Athens

Daniel v. Mayor of Athens
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided January 24, 1900 · Fish
110 Ga. 289; 34 S.E. 1016; 1900 Ga. LEXIS 353

Daniel v. Mayor of Athens

Opinion of the Court

Fish, J.

The use, in the presence of a man, of an obscene word in an ordinary tone, without anger, and under circumstances not calculated to offend the hearer or cause a breach of the peace, does not constitute a violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting disorderly conduct “calculated to disturb the peace of the citizen.”

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring.

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