Case Name: Killebrew v. Mayor and Council of Wrightsville
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1916-04-24
Citations: 18 Ga. App. 16
Docket Number: 7196
Parties: Killebrew v. Mayor and Council of Wrightsville.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 16–16

Head Matter:
7196.
Killebrew v. Mayor and Council of Wrightsville.
Decided April 24, 1916.
Petition for certiorari; from Johnson superior court — Judge Kent. January 8, 1916.
F. L. Stephens, for plaintiff in error.
B. E. Moye, contra.

Opinion:
Wade, J.
The judge of the superior court did not err in refusing to sanction the certiorari. The municipality had authority to pass the ordinance under which the defendant was convicted; and the fact that he had the right to conduct business in .any city or county of the State of Georgia, without paying a license for the privilege of so doing, under the provisions of section 1888 of the Civil Code of 1910, did not authorize him to conduct within the limits of a city a business prohibited by proper ordinance, in the exercise of the police power inherent in the municipality.
(a) Eor the protection of lives and property a municipality has authority, under the general welfare clause of its charter, to prohibit, the sale or handling of dangerous explosives within its limits.
Judgment affirmed.