Legal Opinion

Savannah Electric Co. v. Thomas

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 26, 1922No. 2863PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Per curiam

1. Under the rulings made in the eases of Hendry v. State, 147 Ga. 260 (8) (93 S. E. 413), and Starling v. State, 149 Ga. 172 (99 S. E. 619), “A question as to the constitutionality of a law can not be raised for the first time in a motion for new trial, where it was not made either by demurrer to the pleadings or by objections to evidence, or in some other appropriate way pending the trial.” And see Sheets v. Iowa Ins. Co., 226 Mo. 613 (126 S. W. 413). In the instant case the defendant in error brought suit in the court below against the plaintiff in error, for the recovery of damages for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Sheets v. Iowa State InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1910
  2. Hendry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
  3. Starling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  4. Hawes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Wright v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Loftin v. Southern Security Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  3. Loomis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  4. Meeks v. LunsfordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  5. Stone v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947

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