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City of Wrightsville v. King

Supreme Court of Georgia
Nov 1, 1990
398 S.E.2d 578 (Ga. 1990)

Opinion

S90A1445.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 1, 1990.

Election contest. Johnson Superior Court. Before Judge Thompson from Ocmulgee Circuit.

Joe W. Rowland, for appellants.

Brown Hart, Bettieanne C. Hart, for appellees.


Several defeated candidates contested a municipal election resulting in the re-election of an incumbent mayor and three incumbent members of the city council. The former filed an action under OCGA § 21-3-421. The trial court voided the election in its entirety, finding that the registrar failed to make a certified voters list available prior to the election as required by OCGA § 21-3-126 (b) (3), and that the unavailability of such list caused damage and prejudice to those candidates who were not incumbents. The court concluded that there was sufficient evidence to cast doubt upon the election.

We affirm. See Lester v. Boone, 242 Ga. 445 ( 249 S.E.2d 617) (1978).

Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 1, 1990.


Summaries of

City of Wrightsville v. King

Supreme Court of Georgia
Nov 1, 1990
398 S.E.2d 578 (Ga. 1990)
Case details for

City of Wrightsville v. King

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF WRIGHTSVILLE et al. v. KING et al

Court:Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Nov 1, 1990

Citations

398 S.E.2d 578 (Ga. 1990)
398 S.E.2d 578