Early County v. Baker County

The Court of Appeals certifies the following question of constitutional law: “Is the act of 1899 (Acts 1899, p. 24) contained in the Civil Code (1910), §§ 473, 474, 475, unconstitutional and void, for the reason that the statute in question .is an attempt to confer upon the Secretary of State, who is a person discharging executive powers, the right to exercise a judicial function, in violation of article 1, section 1, paragraph 23, of the constitution of the State of Georgia, which provides that ‘The legislative, judicial, and executive powers shall remain forever separate and distinct, and…