Legal Opinion
State of Georgia v. Sanks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 23, 1969No. 24992, 24993PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
This appeal is from the trial court’s ruling that Code §§ 61-303 and 61-305 relating to dispossessory warrant proceedings are unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution (Code § 1-815) and corresponding provisions of the Georgia Constitution (Code Ann. §§ 2-102, 2-103, 2-104; Art. I, Sec. I, Pars. II, III, IV, Const. 1945).
Code § 61-303 requires a tenant as a condition precedent to filing a defense to a dispossessory warrant to “tender a bond with good security, payable to the landlord, for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Willis v. HarrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Sims v. EtheridgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Pope v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Jones v. Union Guano Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Napier v. VarnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
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3Cited by18 opinions
- McDaniel v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Grissom v. GleasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Garland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
- Damaskos v. Board of Appeal of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Vlass v. Security Pacific National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
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