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GRIFFIN v. CHATHAM COUNTY

35192.

244 Ga. 628 (1979)

261 S.E.2d 570

GRIFFIN v. CHATHAM COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 16, 1979.

Rehearing Denied November 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Calhoun, Kran Riddle, for appellant.

Anton F. Solms, Jr., Falligant, Sims, Hunter & Donaldson, Alexander L. Zipperer, for appellee.

HILL, Justice.

We are informed that this is the oldest legal controversy in the history of this state. It involves the housing of prisoners in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.

Over 150 years ago, the Chatham Superior Court held that the city must surrender the jail to the sheriff. State v. Mayor &c. of Savannah, R.M. Charlton, 250 (1823).1 An 1834 statute returning the jail...

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