36-30-2. Management and disposition of property.

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The council or other governing body of a municipal corporation has discretion in the management and disposition of its property. Where such discretion is exercised in good faith, equity will not interfere therewith.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Civil Code 1895, § 746; Civil Code 1910, § 895; Code 1933, § 69-203.

Law reviews

For article, “Cities and Towns in Georgia: A Distinction with a Difference?,” see 14 Mercer L. Rev. 385 (1963). For note discussing governmental immunity from tort liability in Georgia, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 494 (1969).

Other notes

History of Code section.: This Code section is derived from the decision in Semmes v. Columbus, 19 Ga. 471 (1856) and Mayor of Athens v. Camak, 75 Ga. 429 (1885).

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