Legal Opinion
Towns v. Suttles
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1952No. 17760PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The question here presented is new. It involves the manner of amending the Constitution of 1945. Under the Constitution of 1877, article 13, section 1, paragraph 1, Code, § 2-8601, in so far as the people’s part in adopting an amendment, this was determined by a majority vote of the electors' of the whole State. The vote within the particular area.affected was not separately considered. But in the Constitution of 1945, the mode of amending the Constitution was changed.
The Constitution of 1945, article 13, section 1, in so far as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hammond v. ClarkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Ty Ty Consolidated School District v. Colquitt Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Jennings v. New Bronwood School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Campbell v. Red Bud Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
3Cited by7 opinions
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- Cotton States Mutual Insurance v. KeefeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Seago v. Richmond CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- King v. PeaglerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
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