Legal Opinion
Galloway v. Mitchell County Electric Membership Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 11, 1940No. 13154PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, Justice.
Notwithstanding other constitutional and statutory methods for obtaining another judge when a superior-court; judge .is disqualified, a superior-court judge of another circuit' has! jurisdiction to pass upon a petition for a temporary restraining order and interlocutory injunction, without being designated by the disqualified judge, and may thus act merely on the initiative of the plaintiff, where the disqualification exists and is made plainly to appear. Glover v. Morris, 122 Ga. 768, 771 (50 S. E. 956); Rutledge v. Bullock, 44 Ga. 23, 25, 26; Code, §§ 24-2616, 24-2617.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Welborne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Byrd v. PihaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Sutton v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- First National Bank v. MonroeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Deen v. Baxley State BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Higgins v. Otis Elevator Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- Collier v. Mayflower Apartments Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Pope v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Southeastern Pipe-Line Co. v. GarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
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