MID-GEORGIA NAT. GAS CO. v. COVINGTON

18709.

211 Ga. 163 (1954)

84 S.E.2d 451

MID-GEORGIA NATURAL GAS CO. v. CITY OF COVINGTON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 13, 1954.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollins & Lucas, Howard & Harmon, for plaintiff in error.

Reuben Tuck, R. Pat Campbell, John E. Feagin, contra.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. The charter of the City of Covington is mandatory in its requirement, as a condition precedent to the adoption of an ordinance, that after being read the ordinance "shall be published in full in the official county newspaper and shall not come up for passage until five days after such publication." Ga. L. 1937, pp. 1718, 1722. This requirement accords with the general rule on the subject. 37 Am. Jur. 763, § 151. Very clearly this...

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