GRIMSLEY v. TWIGGS COUNTY

38424, 38425.

249 Ga. 632 (1982)

292 S.E.2d 675

GRIMSLEY v. TWIGGS COUNTY et al. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF TWIGGS COUNTY et al. v. GRIMSLEY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Rabun Faulk, James G. Maddox, for Grimsley.

Groover & Childs, Denmark Groover, Jr., for Twiggs County et al.


CLARKE, Justice.

A dispute between the clerk of superior court and the county commissioners of Twiggs County is appealed to this court. In order to resolve it we must treat the issue of inherent power of the superior court and its relationship to statutory law.

The case reaches us as an appeal from a mandamus absolute requiring the county commissioners to pay for temporary clerical help in the clerk's office during a term of court. The trial court also denied...

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