BARR v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA

17014.

206 Ga. 753 (1950)

58 S.E.2d 823

BARR et al. v. CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 10, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cumming, Nixon & Eve, for plaintiffs.

William P. Congdon, Congdon, Harper & Leonard, and Fulcher & Fulcher, for defendant.


HEAD Justice.

1. "The business affairs of a municipality are committed to the corporate authorities, and the courts will not interfere except in a clear case of mismanagement or fraud." McMaster v. Waynesboro, 122 Ga. 231 (5) (50 S. E. 122); South Georgia Power Co. v. Baumann, 169 Ga. 649, 652 (151 S. E. 513); Lawson v. Moultrie, 194 Ga. 699, 703 (22 S.E.2d 592).

2. The fixing of water rates, from time to time, by...

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