Legal Opinion
Hawn v. Chastain
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 5, 1980No. 36492PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Certiorari was granted in this case to determine whether the consequence of failure to post a supersedeas bond ordered by the superior court pursuant to amended Code § 6-105 (Ga. L. 1972, pp. 738, 740) should be dismissal of the appeal. The Court of Appeals answered the question in the affirmative. Hawn v. Chastain, 154 Ga. App. 609 (269 SE2d 50) (1980).
Normally the superior courts are thought of as being our trial courts of general jurisdiction. They also act as appellate courts in some circumstances and this case involves one of those circumstances, namely an appeal to the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Thornton v. BursonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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