Case Name: Central Georgia Power Co. v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-02-11
Citations: 12 Ga. App. 260
Docket Number: 4228
Parties: Central Georgia Power Co. v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
4228.
Central Georgia Power Co. v. The State.
Decided February 11, 1913.
Accusation of maintaining nuisance; from city court of Jackson —Judge Fletcher. April 22, 1912.
Hatcher & Smith, Greene F. Johnson, for plaintiff in error.
C. L. Redman, solicitor, O. M. Dulce, contra.

Opinion:
Russell, J.
This case is controlled by the decisions of this court in Progress Club v. State, ante, (76 S. E. 1029), and Brunswick-Oglethorpe Club v. State, ante, 180 (76 S. E. 1034). The defendant corporation was charged by accusation, and not by indictment or presentment of a grand jury; and it being, therefore, impossible, under the provisions of the Penal Code, § 963, for the court to have obtained jurisdiction, all of the proceedings in the trial were nugatory, and a consideration of any of the assignments of error is thereby precluded.
Judgment reversed.