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STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA v. REED, MAYOR

18712, 18731.

211 Ga. 197 (1954)

84 S.E.2d 561

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF GEORGIA et al. v. REED, MAYOR, et al. McINTOSH PAVING CO. v. REED et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Paul Miller, Assistant AttorneyGeneral, Raymond F. Schuder, R. Wilson Smith, Jr., Wheeler, Robinson & Thurmond (Case No. 18712), Bertram S. Boley, Paul Webb, Jr. (Case No. 18731), for plaintiffs in error.

Telford, Wayne & Smith, Brannon & Brannon (both cases), R. Wilson Smith, Jr., Raymond F. Schuder, Wheeler, Robinson & Thurmond, Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Paul Miller, Assistant Attorney-General (Case No. 18731), contra.

HEAD, Justice.

1. Its charter (Ga. L. 1937, p. 1877) provides in section one that the "Town of Flowery Branch" may sue and be sued. A municipal corporation can sue and be sued only in the manner provided by its charter, and in its appropriate corporate name. Boon v. Mayor &c. of Jackson, 98 Ga. 490 (25 S. E. 518); Town of Dexter v. Gay, 115 Ga. 765 (42 S. E. 94); Augusta Southern Ry. Co....

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