Legal Opinion
State of Ga. v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 19, 1981No. 36584PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
The trial court held Code Ann. § 26-1808.1 (Ga. L. 1976, pp. 1456, 1457) unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the United States and Georgia Constitutions. The state appeals. We reverse.
Section 26-1808.1 provides: “Any architect, landscape architect, engineer, contractor, subcontractor, or other person who, with intent to defraud, shall use the proceeds of any payment made to him on account of improving certain real property for any other purpose then [sic] to pay for labor or service performed on, or materials furnished by his order for this…
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- United States v. MazurieSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
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