Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Co. v. Sasser
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional question, from the Court of Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Evans,'P. J.
The following question was certified to the Supreme Court by the Court of Appeals: “Is the act of the General Assembly, approved December SI, 1899, purporting to confer authority upon the judge of a city court to preside in another city-court when the judge of the latter court is disqualified, in conflict with paragraph one of section five of article six of the constitution of the State of Georgia, which provides that ‘In any county within which there is, or hereafter may be, a city court, the judge of said court, and of the superior court, may preside in the courts of each other…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Welborne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Winter v. Muscogee RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Birdsong & Sledge v. BrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Wells v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Continental National Bank v. FolsomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Botts v. Southeastern Pipe-Line Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- State v. HendersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Bass v. DoughtyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Foster v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Pelham Manufacturing Co. v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
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