KELLY v. GEORGIA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
If an answer by the Supreme Court of a question certified to it by the Court of Appeals would constitute a decision of the main case, the question cannot, under the Constitution, be answered. Gunby v. Roberts, 205 Ga. 346 (53 S. E. 2d 370); Lynch v. Southern Express Co., 146 Ga. 68 (96 S. E. 527). A certified question of law and fact will not be answered and, even if the question certified is one of law only, it will not be answered if such answer would necessarily control the decision of the case. Johnston v. Travelers Insurance Co., 183 Ga. 229 (188 S. E. 27); English v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lynch v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1916
- English v. RosenkrantzSupreme Court of Georgia · 1921
- Johnston v. Travelers InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Gunby v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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