Beatty v. Myrick

Qtjillian, Justice.

This is an equitable action in which the plaintiffs seek to have adjudicated which of two named candidates was legally elected to represent the Third Senatorial District in the State Senate. Art. III, Sec. VII, Par. I of the Constitution of Georgia (Code Ann. § 2-1901) provides: “Each House shall be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its members and shall have power to punish them for disorderly behavior, or misconduct, by censure, fine, imprisonment, or expulsion; but no member shall be expelled, except by a vote of two-thirds of the House to which…