Legal Opinion
Northside Manor, Inc. v. Vann
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 10, 1963No. 22198PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
By the Constitution, courts are invested with the exclusive ultimate power to construe laws. McLeod v. Burroughs, 9 Ga. 213; McCutcheon v. Smith, 199 Ga. 685 (35 SE2d 144); Calhoun v. McLendon, 42 Ga. 405; Thompson. v. Talmadge, 201 Ga. 867, 872 (41 SE2d 883). The legislative department is invested with the exclusive power to say what the law is. When a court adjudicates that a petition alleges no cause of action, whether rightly or erroneously, that becomes the law of the case, and neither the legislature nor the judiciary can disregard that ruling. When by the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Thompson v. TalmadgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- McCutcheon v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Howell v. Fulton Bag & Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Humphries v. MorrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Wilder v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
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3Cited by55 opinions
- Grasham v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
- Calhoun v. State Highway DepartmentSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Peacock Construction Co. v. ChambersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Beiter v. Decatur Federal Savings & Loan Ass'nSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Jenkins v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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