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211 Ga. 89

Touchton v. Echols County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 11, 1954

Supreme Court of Georgia · decided 1954-10-11

Relies on Sanders v. Mayor · Harris v. Abney · Dunn v. Campbell

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Decided 1954-10-11

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Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently October 2006

1 federal appellate · 16 state decisions

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Head, Justice.

¶1The judgment granting the mandamus absolute having been reversed, it is directed, on the return of the remittitur in that case (Touchton v. Echols County, ante), that the judgment in this case, adjudging the respondent to be in contempt of court, be vacated. Ficklen v. Mayor &c. of Washington, 141 Ga. 441 (81 S. E. 123); Dunn v. Campbell, 146 Ga. 227 (91 S. E. 84); Harris v. Abney, 208 Ga. 588, 589 (2) (68 S. E. 2d 577).

¶2Judgment reversed, with direction.

All the Justices concur.
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