Legal Opinion

Jenkins v. Thomas

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 16, 1971No. 46401PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Deen, Judge.

The briefs of counsel for both parties are replete with authority going to the question of whether or not the petition here is one of which equity will take cognizance. We transferred the case to the Supreme Court, which promptly returned it to our jurisdiction. It is accordingly settled that the jurisdiction of the trial court, if it exists, cannot be grounded in equity, since jurisdiction of the equity case would have been in the Supreme Court regardless of the fact that questions regarding the constitutionality of an ordinance are to be decided by the Court of Appeals.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Paulk v. Mayor of SycamoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. State v. NelsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
  3. Jenkins v. JonesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
  4. Cook v. SikesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
  5. City of Nashville v. SnowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

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