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Garner v. Floyd County

Garner v. Floyd Cnty., 101 S.E. 918 (Ga. Ct. App. 1920)
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Court
Court of Appeals of Georgia · State Appellate Courts
Decided
January 27, 1920
Docket
No. 10960
Judges
Broyles
Citations
101 S.E. 91824 Ga. App. 6931920 Ga. App. LEXIS 459
Headnotes
ill contracts made by county authorities on behalf of the county must be in writing and entered on their minutes. Civil Code (1910), § 386; Pritchett v. Bartow County, 46' Ca. 462; Akin v. Bartoio County, 54 Ga. 59; Milburn v. Glynn County, 109 Ga. 473 (34 S. E. 848) ; Spalding County v. Chamberlain, 130 Ga. 649 (61 S. E. 533) ; Jones v. Bank, 131 Ga. 191 (62 S. E. 68) ; Laurens County v. Thomas, 6 Ga App. 568 (65 S. E. 302).
Summary
Complaint; from Eloyd superior court—Judge Wright. August 1, 1919.

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Opinion of the Court — Broyles

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Broyles, C. J.

The plaintiff in this case was employed as a “concrete foreman” on behalf of Eloyd County by the superintendent of public works, who had general written authority, duly entered upon the minutes, from the board of roads and revenues of the county to employ men for the building and repairing of the public roads and bridges of the county. The plaintiff, to meet a demurrer interposed by the county, amended his original petition by alleging “that the contract of employment therein set forth was entered upon the minutes of the commissioners of roads and revenues of said county.” Upon the trial of the case it appeared that the specific contract with the plaintiff was not in writing and had never been entered upon the minutes of the board of roads and revenues of Eloyd County. Under the ruling stated in the headnote, and the authorities there cited, the court, sitting by consent without the intervention of a jury, did not err in rendering judgment in favor of the defendant.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodivorth, JJ., concur.

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1922: 11939: 119222026peak 1922 · 1

Relies on it most ⓘ

  1. Graham v. Beacham5 S.E.2d 775 (Ga. 1939)
  2. Carolina Metal Products Co. v. Taliaferro County110 S.E. 331 (Ga. Ct. App. 1922)

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  1. Graham v. Beacham5 S.E.2d 775 (Ga. 1939)
  2. Carolina Metal Products Co. v. Taliaferro County110 S.E. 331 (Ga. Ct. App. 1922)

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