Case Name: Town of Dexter v. Gay
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-06-11
Citations: 115 Ga. 765
Docket Number: 
Parties: Town of Dexter v. Gay.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 765–765

Head Matter:
Town of Dexter v. Gay.
Submitted May 1,
Decided June 11, 1902.
Complaint. Before Judge Adams. City court of Dublin. September 5, 1901.
Akerman & Akerman and T. J. Evans, for plaintiff in error.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
1. A municipal corporation can be sued only in the corporate name-set forth in the charter.
2. When the General Assembly by an act incorporates " a town under the name of the Town of Dexter," and declares that the municipal government of such town shall be vested in a mayor and five aldermen, who shall be styled " The Mayor and Aldermen of Dexter, and by that name are hereby made a body corporate," andas such may sue and be sued, such town can be sued only in the corporate name last referred to, and a suit brought against the " Town of Dexter " should be dismissed on demurrer. ,
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.