Legal Opinion

Styles v. Jones

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 7, 1961No. 21302PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Justice.

The information filed in this quo warranto proceeding did not set forth a cause of action, unless it showed the respondents did not legally hold office as members of the Carroll County Board of Education and as Carroll County School Superintendent. The only ground upon which the information asserts that the respondents did not hold such offices is that the constitutional amendment of 1958 repealing the 1952 amendment to Article VIII, Section V, Paragraph I of the Constitution was not legally ratified by the electors residing within the Carroll School District, the political…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Coleman v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  2. Davis v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  3. Chamlee v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  4. Howell v. PateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  5. Jossey v. SpeerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Laite v. StewartCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  2. Stinson v. ManningSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

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