Legal Opinion
Bowers v. Fulton County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1966No. 23212PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*734Quillian, Justice.
Construction of Art. I, Sec. Ill, Par. I of the Georgia Constitution as amended in 1960 (Code Arm. § 2-301) is invoked in the present case. “The words, ‘construction of the Constitution,’ . . . contemplate construction where the meaning of some provision of the Constitution is directly in question, and is doubtful by force of its own terms or under the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States or of the Supreme Court of Georgia.’’ Gulf Paving Co. v. City of Atlanta, 149 Ga. 114, 117 (99 SE 374). The constitutional provision here dealt with is plain and explicit,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Woodside v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1958
- Gulf Paving Co. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Austin v. Augusta Terminal Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Pause v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Smith v. Floyd CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
11 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by124 opinions
- Duffield v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Hollywood Baptist Church of Rome v. State Highway DepartmentCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- Bowers v. Fulton CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- City of Phoenix v. Leroy's Liquors, Inc.Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1993
- Department of Transportation v. 2.734 Acres of LandCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
119 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.