Legal Opinion
Harris v. McMillan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1938No. Nos. 12446, 12447PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
It is contended by counsel for the defendants that the decisions of this court in Tatum v. Langley, 179 Ga. 731 (177 S. E. 243), and Lilly v. Miller, 181 Ga. 624 (183 S. E. 790), require a different conclusion from the one at which we have arrived. The contention is that those two decisions ruled that paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 1 of article 2 of the constitution apply to municipal electors and municipal elections, and are all-inclusive of the qualifications of voters in such elections; and therefore that the General Assembly was impotent to impose any additional…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Avery v. BowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Wilder v. LumpkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- Goolsby v. StephensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- McMahon v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Slate v. Mayor of Blue RidgeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Spahos v. Mayor & Councilmen of Savannah Beach, Tybee Island, GeorgiaDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1962
- Thompson v. WillsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Bergman v. DuttonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- BOBO v. MAYOR &C. OF TOWN OF SAVANNAH BEACH, TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIASupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Parkerson v. MalcolmSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971