Legal Opinion
Geeslin v. Opie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 7, 1964No. 22437PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Grice, Justice.
The right to hold the office of City Clerk of the City of Dublin is for determination here.
The litigation began when Mrs. Lena H. Opie and four members of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Dublin presented to the Judge of the Superior Court of Laurens County an application for leave to file an information in the nature of a quo warranto against Albert F. Geeslin. Leave was granted and the information was filed.
The information alleged the material facts which follow. The relator Mrs. Opie was duly elected city clerk by the mayor and board of aldermen at a regular meeting on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shackelford v. WestSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- State Board of Education v. County Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Cason v. HarnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Allen v. WiseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
- Stephenson v. PowellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
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3Cited by8 opinions
- League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County, Inc. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Hines v. WingoCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- City of Ludowici v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Downs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
- Murphy v. PearsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
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