119 Ga. 83 | Ga. | 1903
(after stating the foregoing facts.)
Acts of annexation have frequently been attacked — though generally without success — on the ground that the new territory consists of farming lands and is sparsely settled; that there is no necessity for municipal government; that the inhabitants are so far removed from the center as to be deprived of fire and police protection, and receive no benefits in compensation for the burdens imposed. See Kelly v. Pittsburg, 104 U. S. 78, affirming 85 Pa. St. 170 (s. c. 27 Am. Rep. 633). There is an utter want of any such attack in this case. Nor does it appear that the petitioners propose to engage in the sale of liquor, or that they own property which will require the sewer connections complained of. Reid v. Eatonton, 80 Ga. 755; Blanton v. Merry, 116 Ga. 288.
No reason has been shown why the act of the legislature annexing this territory should be declared void as a whole, nor why the City of Macon should be enjoined from exercising the powers therein conferred for the purpose of giving to the citizens of the new territory the benefits of local government and of police and sanitary regulations.
Judgment affirmed.