Legal Opinion

Chapman v. Sumner Consolidated School District

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 16, 1921No. 2654PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Questions certified by Court of Appeals (Case No. 11990).

1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.

The .Court of Appeals certified questions to which the rulings stated in the headnotes are answers. Save what is said in this opinion following, none of the headnotes require elaboration.

No person is lawfully entitled to vote in a school-district bond election held under section 143 of the “ Code of School Laws of Georgia” (Acts 1919, pp. 288, 343), whose name does not appear on any list of the county registrars filed with the clerk of the superior court of the county, showing the names of the registered voters of the county entitled to vote. Article 2, section 1, paragraph 1, of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Davis v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  2. McMahon v. Mayor of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
  3. Mayor of Madison v. WadeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  4. Floyd County v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  5. Garrett v. CowartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Goolsby v. StephensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  2. Davis v. WardeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  3. Jennings v. New Bronwood School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  4. Fairburn School District v. McLarinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1928
  5. Briscoe v. Between Consolidated School DistrictSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931

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