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Williams v. Mayor c. of Athens

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 18, 1970
177 S.E.2d 581 (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)

Opinion

45448.

SUBMITTED JULY 6, 1970.

DECIDED SEPTEMBER 18, 1970.

Possessing pin ball machine. Clarke Superior Court. Before Judge Barrow.

Scott Alexander, Guy B. Scott, Jr., for appellant.

Joseph J. Gaines, for appellee.


1. Defendant was found guilty in the recorder's court of possession of a pin ball machine in violation of a city ordinance of Athens. At the trial, defendant attacked the constitutionality of the ordinance. On certiorari to the superior court, motion was made by defendant calling upon the judge to disqualify himself as he drew the ordinance in question when he was the city attorney of Athens. The judge admitted authorship of the ordinance but declined to disqualify himself. The grounds for disqualification set forth in Code Ann. § 24-102 are exhaustive. Luke v. Batts, 11 Ga. App. 783 ( 76 S.E. 165). Drafting a city ordinance while acting as city attorney, the validity of which is now in issue, does not fall within any of the grounds for disqualification. See Carson v. Blair, 31 Ga. App. 60 ( 121 S.E. 517).

2. The ordinance in issue prohibits the possession and operation of any pin ball machine within the city limits of Athens. Defendant contends that the ordinance is violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. A pin ball ordinance similar in content to this one and attacked on substantially the same grounds, was held constitutional by the Supreme Court in Woodward v. City of Lithonia, 191 Ga. 234 ( 11 S.E.2d 476).

Judgment affirmed. Quillian and Whitman, JJ., concur.

SUBMITTED JULY 6, 1970 — DECIDED SEPTEMBER 18, 1970.


Summaries of

Williams v. Mayor c. of Athens

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Sep 18, 1970
177 S.E.2d 581 (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)
Case details for

Williams v. Mayor c. of Athens

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAMS v. MAYOR c. of ATHENS

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Sep 18, 1970

Citations

177 S.E.2d 581 (Ga. Ct. App. 1970)
177 S.E.2d 581

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