Colonial Dairies Inc. v. City of Albany

Supreme Court of Georgia

Colonial Dairies Inc. v. City of Albany

75 S.E.2d 809, 209 Ga. 791, 1953 Ga. LEXIS 389

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

DecidedMay 12, 1953

DocketNo. 18197

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

This text of 75 S.E.2d 809 (Colonial Dairies Inc. v. City of Albany) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of Georgia primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Colonial Dairies Inc. v. City of Albany, 75 S.E.2d 809, 209 Ga. 791, 1953 Ga. LEXIS 389 (Ga. 1953).

Pincite

Opinion

Head, Justice.

“There is always a prima facie presumption in favor of the good faith of the officer, and he who assails his official acts by employing the remedy of mandamus must prefer specific charges. . . Allegations of evidentiary facts tending to establish the ultimate fact, but which do not furnish a conclusive inference of the ultimate fact, are insufficient to excuse the absence of a positive allegation of such ultimate fact.” Davis v. Arthur, 139 Ga. 74, 80 (76 S. E. 676); McGinty v. Gormley, 181 Ga. 644, 649 (183 S. E. 804). Under the foregoing rule, the petition failed to allege any failure to act by the building official pursuant to the ordinances of the city, and the trial judge properly sustained the general demurrer to the petition.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justice's concur, except Atkinson, P. J., not participating. Robert W. Reynolds, for plaintiff in error. Durden & Durden, contra.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Head, Justice.

“There is always a prima facie presumption in favor of the good faith of the officer, and he who assails his official acts by employing the remedy of mandamus must prefer specific charges. . . Allegations of evidentiary facts tending to establish the ultimate fact, but which do not furnish a conclusive inference of the ultimate fact, are insufficient to excuse the absence of a positive allegation of such ultimate fact.” Davis v. Arthur, 139 Ga. 74, 80 (76 S. E. 676); McGinty v. Gormley, 181 Ga. 644, 649 (183 S. E. 804). Under the foregoing rule, the petition failed to allege any failure to act by the building official pursuant to the ordinances of the city, and the trial judge properly sustained the general demurrer to the petition.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justice's concur, except Atkinson, P. J., not participating. Robert W. Reynolds, for plaintiff in error. Durden & Durden, contra.

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

75 S.E.2d 809, 209 Ga. 791, 1953 Ga. LEXIS 389, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/colonial-dairies-inc-v-city-of-albany-ga-1953.

Opinion

Related

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack