Legal Opinion
Shaver v. Martin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 17, 1928No. 6451PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
This was an application for mandamus to require the City of Moultrie to issue a license to the applicant for operation of a billiard and pool room. The defendant answered, setting up an ordinance of the city prohibiting operation of billiard and pool rooms. The applicant insisted said ordinance was void, because unconstitutional in that it violated the due-process clause of the State constitution (Civil Code of 1910, § 6359). The court granted a mandamus absolute, and the defendant excepted.
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Booth v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Murphy v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- City of Tarkio v. CookSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- In Re JonesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
- Henderson v. HeywardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Barge v. CampSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- City of Thomson v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Wilder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Woodward v. City of LithoniaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Thompson v. City of ClarkstonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
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