Legal Opinion
Gazan v. Heery
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 3, 1936No. 11238PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eusseli, Chief Justice.
The petition filed as an information in the nature of a quo warranto is based on the allegation that the respondent is ineligible to hold the office of chief judge of the municipal court of Savannah, because of the qualification imposed by the act of August 13,1915 (Ga. L. 1915, p. 124), that “the chief judge of said court must have practiced law for five years or more.” The plaintiff, who is properly recognized as an eminent member of the Georgia bar, has cited numerous authorities from the Su*36preme Court of the United States, from the Supreme Court of this State, and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Illinois State Bar Ass'n v. Peoples Stock Yards State BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
- People v. . AlfaniNew York Court of Appeals · 1919
- In Re DuncanSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- Eley v. MillerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893
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3Cited by64 opinions
- City of Jesup v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Board of Trustees of the Policemen's Pension Fund v. ChristySupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Barton v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Plantation Pipe Line Co. v. City of BremenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Bibb County v. HancockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
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