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BROWN v. AKIN

16863.

206 Ga. 153 (1949)

56 S.E.2d 277

BROWN v. AKIN, SOLICITOR-GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 14, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. L. Shanahan and Henry L. Barnett, for plaintiff in error.

Warren Akin, Solicitor-General, contra.

ATKINSON, Presiding Justice.

By the act of 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1007), it is made lawful to sponsor or hold "athletic events, games and contests" on Sunday by obtaining a permit from the governing body of the municipality or county, and an automobile race is such a "game or contest" as provided by the statue. Worley v. State, 79 Ga.App. 594 (54 S.E.2d 439). Accordingly, where a person is enjoined from holding such a race "on the Sabbath day in violation...

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