Legal Opinion
Morris v. Peters
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 1948No. 16111PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) As shown by the preceding statement, James S. Peters presented to the judge of the superior court an application for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto to inquire into the right of William S. Morris to hold the office and exercise the duties of Chairman of the Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee, Peters himself claiming the right and title to such office. For brevity, all of this may simply be referred to as a petition by Peters for the writ of quo warranto to recover the office from Morris. In such a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Smith v. AllwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Thompson v. TalmadgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Attorney General v. DrohanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Beall v. BeallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1850
- Smith v. McQueenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Smith v. State Executive Committee of Dem. Party of Ga.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1968
- Irish v. Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party of MinnesotaDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1968
- Stout v. Democratic County Central CommitteeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952
- McLendon v. EverettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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