Legal Opinion

Ross v. Jones

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 14, 1921No. 2436PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Quo warranto. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. January 27, 1921.

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

John P. Eoss filed his petition for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto to inquire into the right of Malcolm D. Jones to liold the office of additional judge of thesuperior courts of the Macon circuit. The respondent filed both an *426answer • and a general demurrer to the information. The trial judge, after a hearing on the information and demurrer, dismissed the'proceeding. The relator excepted to the judgment, and brings a writ of error to this court. The question is whether the case was properly decided on the issue raised by the demurrer to the information. The…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Torrance v. McDougaldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
  2. Wellborn v. EstesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. State ex rel. Churchill v. BemisNebraska Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Harding v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1887
  5. Grinad v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Mayor of Savannah v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  2. Hooper v. AlmandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  3. McVay v. AndersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
  4. Wall v. YoumansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  5. McCutcheon v. MacNeillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943

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