56 S.E.2d 277 | Ga. | 1949
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 statute. Worley v. State,
Judgment reversed. All the Justicesconcur.
Subsequently Tasker Brown and others held and maintained an automobile race on Sky Way Race Track on Sunday, July 24, 1949.
Thereafter a citation for contempt for violating the injunction of June 13, 1949, was served, and upon a hearing the solicitor-general introduced the injunction, and evidence that an automobile race was held on the Sky Way Race Track on Sunday, July 24, 1949.
In response, Tasker Brown introduced a permit from the Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of Gordon County, issued after the date of the injunction and before the automobile race in question was held, as follows: "Under and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Commissioner of Roads and Revenues of and for Gordon County, Georgia, under an act of the legislature of the State of Georgia, approved February 25, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 1007), I do hereby authorize Tasker Brown of said county to operate, exhibit, and hold athletic events, games, contests, and all such events and amusements as are authorized under the provisions of said acts of the Georgia Legislature above cited, on Sundays, at his track and on the premises whereon is located what is known as Sky Way Track and Sky Way Park in said County of Gordon or elsewhere in said county, and *155 this permit shall be authority for said Tasker Brown to so operate and exhibit such events on Sundays."
On an order adjudging him in contempt of court error is assigned.