Supreme Court of Georgia June 11, 1902 (Harris County v. Brady)

IYsh, J.

1. Whenever a county is by statute made liable for a given demand, an action against it will lie therefor, though the statute does not in express terms authorize or provide for the bringing of such an action. Mackey v. Ordinaries, 59 Ga. 832; Davis v. Horne, 64 Ga. 69; Smith v. Floyd County, 85 Ga. 420. See also Scales v. Ordinary, 41 Ga. 225 ; Hammond v. County of Richmond, 72 Ga. 188.