Legal Opinion

Major v. City of Atlanta

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 5, 1944No. 14963PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Duckwokth, Justice.

1. “This court will in no case undertake to pass upon questions presented by a bill of exceptions, when it affirmatively appears that, even if the judgment of the court below were reversed, the plaintiff in error would derive no benefit from the adjudication.” Davis v. Jasper, 119 Ga. 57 (45 S. E. 724); Williams v. State, 187 Ga. 415 (1 S. E. 2d, 27) ; Smith v. Jeffries, 188 Ga. 649, 651 (4 S. E. 2d, 637); Patten v. Miller, 190 Ga. 123, 152 (8 S. E. 2d, 757).

2. Statements of fact in a motion to dismiss a case as moot, which are not directly denied by the opposite party,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Davis v. Mayor of JasperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Patten v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  3. Henderson v. HoppeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  4. Wilson v. Missouri State Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  5. Smith v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Howard v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  2. Ring v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
  3. Hagans v. Excelsior Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Burnham v. BurnhamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
  5. Rentz v. MoodySupreme Court of Georgia · 1949

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