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CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA v. NEWSOME

19056.

211 Ga. 899 (1955)

89 S.E.2d 485

CITY COUNCIL OF AUGUSTA et al. v. NEWSOME et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 13, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulcher, Fulcher & Hagler, for plaintiffs in error.

R. William Barton, Nicholson, Fleming & Barton, B. H. Barton, George Hains, Solicitor-General, contra.

MOBLEY, Justice.

1. "The state or a political subdivision may dedicate lands owned by it to a particular public use." 16 Am. Jur. 356, § 13; City of Abbeville v. Jay, 205 Ga. 743, 746 (55 S.E.2d 129); Code § 69-602. "When a dedication is made by a town or city, it enures to the benefit of all who are at the time, or may afterwards become citizens of the corporation." Mayor &c. of Macon v. Franklin, 12 Ga. 239 (6). "If the...

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