Legal Opinion
Brown v. Mathis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1947No. 15669PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The general demurrer raises the question of the court’s jurisdiction. Curtis v. College Park Lumber Co., 145 Ga. 601 (89 S. E. 680); Coleman v. Thomasson, 160 Ga. 81 (127 S. E. 129) ; Cone v. Davis, 179 Ga. 749 (177 S. E. 558). The statute under which the petition is brought (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137) provides in section 1 that the superior courts of the State shall have the power upon petition in cases of actual controversy to declare rights of any interested party* petitioning for such declaration, and that such declaration shall…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Tietjen v. MeldrimSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Black v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Turner v. PeacockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
- Saffold v. Scottish American Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Clayton v. StetsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Calvary Independent Baptist Church v. City of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Georgia Casualty & Surety Co. v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
- Smith v. Aggregate Supply Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Tachdjian v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
- St. Regis Paper Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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