Court Opinion

ID: 9588435
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:34:29.178585+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:19:25.378057
License: Public Domain

Undercofler, Justice,
dissenting. A jail is a necessary public building. Shepherd v. State, 16 Ga. App. 248 (85 SE 83). "It is the duty of the ordinaries or other authorities to erect or repair, when necessary, their respective courthouses and jails, and all other necessary county buildings, to furnish each with all the furniture necessary for the different rooms, offices, or cells. . .” Code § 91-702. All necessary public buildings for Meriwether County have been directed to be located at the county seat which has been designated as the City of Greenville. Ga. L. 1827, p. 65. Under this Act the county commissioners of Meriwether County are required to locate the public jail within the county seat. Allen v. Lytle, 114 Ga. 275 (2) (40 SE 238); 20 CJS 831, § 73.
I am authorized to state that Mr. Justice Hawes concurs in this dissent.