Legal Opinion
Sumbry v. Land
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 15, 1972No. 47316PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, Judge.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .” Those words which Charles Dickens used to open his novel, A Tale of Two Cities, apply appropriately to Columbus, Georgia, in the summer of 1971. The optimistic phrase refers to the hopeful outlook created for that community by consolidation of the governments of the City of Columbus and County of Muscogee so that a new body politic, known as "Columbus, Georgia,” came into existence on January 1, 1971 (Ga. L. 1969, p. 3571 et seq.). See Hart v. Columbus, 125 Ga. App. 625 (188 SE2d 422). The pessimistic phrase applies to…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Mayberry v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Waller v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
- D. P. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Robert Leonard v. The City of ColumbusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Doyal v. Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Community Action Group, an Unincorporated Association v. City of Columbus, a Consolidated City-County (Muscogee) GovernmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- In the Interest of R. W.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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