Hawes v. Shuman

Full title: HAWES v. SHUMAN

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia

Date published: Oct 7, 1971

184 S.E.2d 178 (Ga. 1971)

184 S.E.2d 178

Opinion

26585.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 13, 1971.

DECIDED OCTOBER 7, 1971.

Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia — 123 Ga. App. 543 ( 181 S.E.2d 708).

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, Louis F. McDonald, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Louis A. Thompson, for appellee.

FELTON, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeals in Hawes v. Shuman, 123 Ga. App. 543 ( 181 S.E.2d 708). Upon consideration of the case we concur in, approve and adopt the opinion of the dissenting judges in the Court of Appeals, based upon which ruling the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur, except Undercofler and Hawes, JJ., who are disqualified by reason of their having served as Commissioner of Revenue at intervals during the progress of this case.

ARGUED SEPTEMBER 13, 1971 — DECIDED OCTOBER 7, 1971.