Legal Opinion
Cheek v. Norton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 10, 1962No. 39523PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Russell, Judge.
1. It is no longer open to question that States have the right, by resorting to the legal fiction that nonresidents using their highways impliedly consent to the appointment, to declare by statute under the general police power that some State officer shall be the agent of the nonresident for service upon him in actions arising out of his use of their highways. Hess v. Pawloski, 274 US 352 (47 SC 632, 71 LE 1091), and see 35 ALR 945. All fifty states now have such provisions incorporated in their nonresident motorist statutes to this effect, the main differences between them…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Hess v. PawloskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Wuchter v. PizzuttiSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Pawloski v. HessMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Robitzsch v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Webb Packing Co. v. HarmonSuperior Court of Delaware · 1937
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Patterson v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Walker v. HooverCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989
- Jarmon v. MurphyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Medlin v. ChurchCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Roland v. SheltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
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