Supreme Court of Georgia, 1950

City Council of Augusta v. Williams

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 16, 1950 · Duckworth

57 S.E.2d 593; 206 Ga. 558; 1950 Ga. LEXIS 503 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision.

Gleaton v. City of Atlanta (Ga. Ct. App. 1974)
Pair Development Co. v. City of Atlanta (Ga. Ct. App. 1977)
City of Rome v. Turk (Ga. 1975)
Turk v. City of Rome (Ga. Ct. App. 1975)
Foster v. Crowder (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)
The CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA v. Williams (Ga. Ct. App. 1950)
City of Macon v. Cannon (Ga. Ct. App. 1954)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The Court of Appeals (in Case No. 32625) propounded the following question: “Is the authorized maintenance-by a municipality of a drainage system for the purpose of the drainage of surface water, as distinguished from a drainage system for the- *559 purpose of handling sewage, a governmental or a ministerial function?” The answer is that it is a governmental function.

No. 16937. February 16, 1950. Fulcher & Fulcher, for plaintiff in error. E. S. Sell Jr., and Benning M. Grice, for person at interest, not party. C. Wesley Killebrew, contra. .

Certified question answered.

All the Justices concur.

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