Case Name: Edwards v. City of Atlanta; Starr v. City of Atlanta
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1905-11-09
Citations: 124 Ga. 78
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edwards v. City of Atlanta. Starr v. City of Atlanta.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 124
Pages: 78–78

Head Matter:
Edwards v. City of Atlanta. Starr v. City of Atlanta.
Submitted October 16,
Decided November 9, 1905.
Certiorari. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. July 28, 1905.
Joseph W. & Jolm D. Humphries, for plaintiffs in error.
James L. May son and William P. Hill, contra.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, J.
In a proceeding before a recorder's court of a city against a defendant charged with violating a municipal ordinance, it is necessary to show the venue of the offense, and this is not sufficiently done by showing that the matter under investigation took place at "Ponce de Leon Park," it not appearing from the evidence whether or not the place so designated is within the tract of land described in the act of 1877, by which certain land was included within the corporate limits of the City of Atlanta for police purposes. See Acts 1877, pp. 141-2; Code of Atlanta, 1899, §18.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.