Legal Opinion
Leonard v. State Ex Rel. Lanier
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 17, 1948No. 16394PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
1. The provisions of the State Constitution, article 3, section 7, paragraph 16 (Code, Ann. Supp., § 2-1916), that no law or section of the Code shall be amended or repealed unless the amending or repealing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed, has no reference to repeal by implication. Nolan v. Central Georgia Power Co., 134 Ga. 201 (3) (67 S. E. 656); Head v. Wilkinson, 186 Ga. 739 (3) (198 S. E. 782); Barber v. Housing Authority of Rome, 189 Ga. 155, 157 (5 S. E. 2d, 425).
2. Where a later or revising statute clearly covers the whole…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hardeman v. EllisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Woodard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Nolan v. Central Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Combs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Barber v. Housing Authority of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Sams v. OlahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Dowling v. Jones-Logan Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Nash v. National Preferred Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Keener v. MacDougallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- Capitol Distributing Co. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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