Legal Opinion

Calhoun v. Southern States Naval Stores Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 15, 1937No. 11930PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hutcheson, Justice.

“A writing purporting to be a certificate approving tbe recitals in a bill of exceptions, but fatally defective by reason of the fact that the judge does not unqualifiedly certify that the recitals of fact contained in the bill of exceptions' are true, is absolutely void, and, in legal potency and effect in the creation of a writ of error, amounts to no more than a refusal by the judge to affix his name to the certificate which constitutes a writ of error.” Barker v. Peoples Loan & Savings Co., 178 Ga. 464 (173 S. E. 704) ; Eady v. Magnolia Cemetery Co., 175 Ga. 787 (166 S.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cady v. CadySupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  2. Cartledge v. AshfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  3. Barker v. Peoples Loan & Savings Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1934
  4. Eady v. Magnolia Cemetery Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1932

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Beasley v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  2. Borden v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
  3. Clyde v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
  4. First National Bank v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  5. Wofford v. NanceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962

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