Wilson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Question of constitutional law; from Court of Appeals. 3606. The Court of Appeals certified for decision the following: “The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the act of August 15, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 90), codified in sections 715 and 716 of the Penal Code of 1910. The second section of said act, codified in section 716 of the Penal Code, is as follows: 'Satisfactory proof of the contract, the procuring thereon of money or other thing of value, the failure…
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Question of constitutional law; from Court of Appeals. 3606. The Court of Appeals certified for decision the following: “The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the act of August 15, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 90), codified in sections 715 and 716 of the Penal Code of 1910. The second section of said act, codified in section 716 of the Penal Code, is as follows: 'Satisfactory proof of the contract, the procuring thereon of money or other thing of value, the failure to perform the services so contracted for, or failure to return the money so advanced with interest thereon at the time…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The construction of a State statute is a matter for the State courts, and the Federal courts will accept the construction so made by the State courts. Cargill v. Minnesota, 180 U. S. 452 (21 Sup. Ct. 423, 45 L. ed. 619). Whether the statute is violative of some provision of the constitution of the United States furnishes ground for jurisdiction in the Supreme Court of the United States. The question propounded by the Court of Appeals covers both section 715 and section 716 of the Penal Code. These two sections were codified from different sections of the act of 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 90).…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Bailey v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- W. W. Cargill Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Banks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Lamar v. ProsserSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Lamar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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- Ferguson v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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- Bullard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
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