Legal Opinion

Towns v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 14, 1922No. 13208PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari; from Putnam superior court — Judge Park. December 17, 1921.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.

1. When a judge of the superior court passes an order which is placed on the minutes of the court, transferring a case from that court to a county court, the case becomes immediately and automatically, for all jurisdictional purposes, a case pending in the county court, and the superior court has no further jurisdiction over it. Coleman v. State, 94 Ga. 87 (21 S. E. 124); High v. Candler, 103 Ga. 86 (28 S. E. 377); Hunley v. State, 105 Ga. 636, 639 (31 S. E. 543); Gordon v. State, 106 Ga. 121, 122 (32 S. E. 32); Cook v. State, 10 Ga. App. 580 (73 S. E. 861).

2. Under the foregoing ruling the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hunley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. Coleman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  3. Gordon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  4. Baker v. City National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  5. Mager v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Majia v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  2. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  3. K. G. W. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  4. K. G. W. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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