State Supreme Court / Ga.

Calvary Independent Baptist Church v. City of Rome

Decided September 10, 1951. Lee R. Wyatt wrote the opinion for the court.

66 S.E.2d 726 · Cited 55 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Shippen v. Folsom · 35 S.E.2d 915
Shingler v. Shingler · 184 Ga. 671
Mayor of Athens v. Gerdine · 42 S.E.2d 567
Brown v. Lawrence · 51 S.E.2d 651
Clein v. Kaplan · 40 S.E.2d 133
Darnell v. Tate · 58 S.E.2d 160
State Ports Authority v. Arnall · 41 S.E.2d 246
City of Nashville v. Snow · 49 S.E.2d 808
Brown v. Mathis · 41 S.E.2d 137
Georgia Marble Company v. Tucker · 43 S.E.2d 245
WEST VIEW CORP. v. Alston · 65 S.E.2d 406
Parnell v. Wooten · 43 S.E.2d 673
Sanders v. Harlem Baptist Church · 59 S.E.2d 720
Harbuck v. Richland Box Company · 63 S.E.2d 333
Wright v. Heffernan · 52 S.E.2d 289
Shaw v. Crawford · 60 S.E.2d 143

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