Legal Opinion
Harper v. Burgess
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1969No. 25240PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frankum, Justice.
By her petition for mandamus, the plaintiff sought to compel the Clerk of the Superior Court of DeKalb County to file a complaint for divorce without requiring her to make a “cost deposit” as required by Code § 24-3406 as amended, and to permit her to file with her complaint a pauper’s affidavit in lieu of such deposit. She alleged and contended that the provisions of the aforesaid Code section and of the last sentence of Section 2 of the Act approved March 7, 1955 (Ga. L. 1955, p. 584; Code Ann. § 24-3413) forbidding the filing of a pauper’s affidavit in a divorce action are…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Jenkins v. ManrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- Smith v. HodgsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Solomon v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1962
- Bagwell v. CashSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- North Fulton Medical Center, Inc. v. RoachSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Martin v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Total Vending Service, Inc. v. Gwinnett CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
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