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LUCAS v. WOODWARD

32837, 32838.

240 Ga. 770 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 28

LUCAS v. WOODWARD; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan, Wilgus & Spell, L. Penn Spell, Jr., for appellant.

Swertfeger & Scott, Thomas L. Scott, Curtis R. Richardson, Jack H. Thrasher, L. Jack Swertfeger, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

The petitioner in this quo warranto action contends that Heyward Woodward, the respondent, should be removed from the office of county commissioner of Rockdale County because he had not resided in that county for five years prior to his election on November 2, 1976, as would be required by the 1941 local act establishing the office.1 The trial court overruled Woodward's motion to dismiss which challenged the statute on constitutional...

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