LAWSON v. LINCOLN COUNTY

No. A08A0713.

664 S.E.2d 900 (2008)

LAWSON v. LINCOLN COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier, John B. Long, Troy A. Lanier, Augusta, for appellant.

O'Quinn & Cronin, Michael A. O'Quinn, McDonough, for appellee.

Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, LLP, Charles W. Byrd, amicus curiae.


ADAMS, Judge.

Lincoln County petitioned for declaratory judgment seeking to compel Gerald Lawson, sheriff of Lincoln County, to turn over funds that the sheriff's department receives under a contract for telephone services at the county jail and from the sale of pre-paid phone cards to inmates. The Superior Court of Lincoln County granted the county relief and ordered the sheriff to turn over the money. Lawson now appeals.1

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