Legal Opinion
State Ports Authority v. Arnall
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 7, 1947No. 15653PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The act approved March 9, 1945 (No. 422, Ga. L. 1945, pp. 464-480), creating the State Ports Authority, is not under attack here. The Authority, by the terms of that act, was given broad and comprehensive corporate powers, perpetual existence, declared to be an instrumentality of the State of Georgia and a public corporation with the right to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. Section 15 of the act creating the Authority provides: “It is…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Williamson v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
- City Council v. Dawson Waterworks Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Wright v. HirschSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- State v. Regents of the University SystemSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Walker v. McNellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Sheffield v. State School Bldg. AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Calvary Independent Baptist Church v. City of RomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Miller v. Georgia Ports AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- McLucas v. State Bridge Building AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1953
- Foskey v. Vidalia City SchoolCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
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