Legal Opinion

Rockefeller v. First National Bank

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 6, 1957No. 19753PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hawkins, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) While the petition of the trustee refers to the act of 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 44) as authority for the court to approve the execution of what is termed a lease of a portion of the trust property, and counsel for the plaintiff in error insist that the petition is thus confined to whatever authority may be con ferred by this act, which is attacked as being unconstitutional and void, and that for this reason the petition fails to state a cause of action, we cannot agree that the proceeding is so limited in its scope. The…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. Shoshone Tribe of IndiansSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Franklin v. Margay Oil Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
  3. Avis v. First National Bank of Wichita FallsTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Richards v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  5. Brown v. MathisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Carnegie v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
  2. Davidson Mineral Properties, Inc. v. BairdSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
  3. Graves v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1965

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