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CITY OF FORT OGLETHORPE v. BOGER

No. S96A1607.

480 S.E.2d 186 (1997)

267 Ga. 485

CITY OF FORT OGLETHORPE, Georgia v. BOGER, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Bruce Farrow, Minor, Bell & Neal, Dalton, for City of Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

John O. Wiggins, Ringgold, for Robert Boger, et al.

Walter Edwin Sumner, Atlanta, David G. Archer, Catersville, James M. Skipper, Jr., Ellis, Easterlin, Peagler, Gatewood & Skipper, for Amicus Appellant.

Robert M. Brinson, James D. Blitch, IV, Brinson Askew Berry Seigler Richardson & Davis, Rome, James F. Grubiak, Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

This case presents a challenge to the power of the General Assembly to annex municipal property which is not contiguous to lands owned by the municipality. We hold that the General Assembly's authority to annex municipal property is limited only by the state and federal constitutions, and that, therefore, the General Assembly can annex non-contiguous property.

On March 29, 1984, the General Assembly changed the corporate limits of the Town...

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