Cooney v. Foote
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions (Case No. 5574) : Is the act of the General Assembly of 1913, “to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta the provisions of the amendment to paragraph 1 of section 7 of article 6 of the constitution, ratified October 2d, 1912, relating to the abolition of justice courts . . in certain cities,” and “in pursuance thereof to abolish all justice courts . . in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and to…
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The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following questions (Case No. 5574) : Is the act of the General Assembly of 1913, “to carry into effect in the City of Atlanta the provisions of the amendment to paragraph 1 of section 7 of article 6 of the constitution, ratified October 2d, 1912, relating to the abolition of justice courts . . in certain cities,” and “in pursuance thereof to abolish all justice courts . . in the City of Atlanta, Georgia, and to establish in lieu thereof the Municipal Court of Atlanta in the City of Atlanta,” etc. (Georgia Laws, 1913, p. 145),…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
The General Assembly in 1912 (Acts 1912, p. 30) proposed a constitutional amendment to art. 6, see. 7, par. 1, of the constitution of this State by adding thereto a provision “that the General Assembly may, in its discretion, abolish Justice Courts and the office of Justice of the Peace and of Notary Public ex-officio Justices of the Peace in any City of this State having a population of over twenty thousand, except the City of Savannah, and establish in lieu thereof such Court or Courts or system of Courts as the General Assembly may in its discretion deem necessary, conferring upon such new…
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