Case Name: Augusta Southern Railway Co. v. City of Tennille
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-03-29
Citations: 119 Ga. 804
Docket Number: 
Parties: Augusta Southern Railway Co. v. City of Tennille.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 804–804

Head Matter:
Augusta Southern Railway Co. v. City of Tennille.
Argued January. 14,
Decided March 29, 1904.
Petition. Before Judge Holden. Washington superior court. 'March 5,1903.
Evans & Evans, for plaintiff. J. K. Hines, for defendant.

Opinion:
Turner, J.
1! The act of December 15,1900, incorporating the City of Tennille, in express terms declares that no suit shall be brought against that municipality save in its corporate name, to wit: "The City of Tennille." Acts of 1900, p. 448. sec. 3.
2. It follows that a petition brought, apparently, with a view to seeking relief as against that municipal corporation, but in which process is prayed against the "Mayor and Council of the City of Tennille, a corporation," is not maintainable. Boon v. Mayor & Council of Jackson, 98 Ga. 490; Town of Dexter v. Gay, 115 Ga. 765. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.