Legal Opinion

West v. Chastain

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 16, 1938No. Nos. 12470, 12481PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Grice, Justice.

In Nelms v. Pinson, 92 Ga. 441 (17 S. E. 350), it was said: “That the defendants (twenty-seven in number) intend and threaten to put the stock law in force on a named future day in a certain militia district in pursuance of the declared result of a local election which the petitioners allege to be void, and will after that day take up and impound stock found running at large in the district, is no cause for injunction. There is no provision of law for attacking the validity of the election either directly or collaterally until some actual case arises which puts its validity in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Elam v. ElamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  2. Johnson v. TannerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  3. Walden v. SellersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  4. Beaver v. LoweSupreme Court of Georgia · 1916

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Insurance Center, Inc. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1963
  2. Newport Timber Corp. v. FloydSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  3. City of Atlanta v. Universal Film Exchanges Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  4. Thomas v. Mayor &C. of SavannahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  5. Nottingham v. ElliottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953

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