Legal Opinion

Shelton v. Housing Authority

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 23, 1970No. 25739PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Nichols, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a jury verdict in a condemnation case. Jurisdiction is claimed to be in the Supreme Court under an enumeration of error calling for a “construction” of the Constitution and under an enumeration of error raising the constitutionality of a local “superior court rule.”

1. The question calling for a “construction” of the Georgia Constitution was held in Bowers v. Fulton County, 225 Ga. 745 (171 SE2d 308) to present a question as to application only of the Georgia Constitution.

2. A “rule of the Superior Court of Fulton County” is not a “law of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Maner v. DykesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
  2. Bowers v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  3. Carter v. BishopSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Shelton v. Housing AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  2. Currence v. HardinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978

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