McCOY v. SANDERS

41940.

113 Ga. App. 565 (1966)

148 S.E.2d 902

McCOY v. SANDERS, Governor, et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adair, Goldthwaite, Stanford, Daniel & Horn, T. Emory Daniel, for appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, E. J. Summerour, Assistant Attorneys General, A. R. Barksdale, for appellee.


EBERHARDT, Judge.

We affirm. We are of the opinion, as was conceded by counsel for appellant on oral argument, that there could be no question but that the officers seeking to locate the body of the murder victim were acting under the police powers of the State.

"The police power is that inherent and plenary power in the state over persons and property, when expressed in the legislative will, which enables the people to prohibit all things inimical to the...

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