Legal Opinion
Atlantic Log & Export Co. v. Central of Ga. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 15, 1930No. 7143PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
In McGregor v. Clark, 155 Ga. 377, this court said: “A repeal by implication takes place 'only in so far as a statute is clearly repugnant to a former statute, and so irreconcilably inconsistent with it that the two can not stand together, or is manifestly intended to cover the subject-matter of the former and operate as a substitute for it, that such a repeal will be held to result.’ ” This rule is stated in various forms in the following cases. Erwin v. Moore, 15 Ga. 361; Jones v. Central Railroad &c. Co., 21 Ga. 104; Miller v. Southwestern Railroad Co., 55 Ga. 143; Pausch v. Guerrard, 67…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Crovatt v. MasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Erwin v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
- Gray v. McLendonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Mogis v. Lyman-Richey Sand & Gravel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Huiet v. Schwob Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Dejarnette v. Hospital Authority of AlbanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Porter v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Nash v. National Preferred Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
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