Legal Opinion

James v. State of Georgia

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 10, 1939No. 13021PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckworth, Justice.

The State constitution (Code, § 2-3005) clearly and explicitly defines the "jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. The pleadings and evidence in this ease do not involve such constitutional questions as bring it within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court; nor are there equitable or other grounds that would give tlie Supreme Court jurisdiction in tliis case. It is simply a procedure at law, and the motion for new trial invokes an application of constitutional provisions to the judgment of the trial court. Of all such questions the Court of Appeals, and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Norman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
  2. Edwards v. McNair & SellersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  3. Sanders v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  4. Lunsford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. Williford v. State ex rel. BoykinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
  2. Randall Leroy Piper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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