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STRICKLAND v. PEACOCK

18170.

209 Ga. 773 (1953)

77 S.E.2d 14

STRICKLAND v. PEACOCK, Superintendent; et vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 11, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady C. Pittard, for plaintiff in error.

Coogler & Kemp and Lester Dickson, for parties at interest, not parties to record.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, M. H. Blackshear Jr., A. J. Hartley, Deputy Assistant Attorneys-General, George E. Sims Jr. and Lamar W. Sizemore, Assistant Attorneys-General, contra.

ALMAND, Justice.

The Court of Appeals (in cases 34408 and 34409) certified to this court for answer the following questions:

"1. Were Code §§ 35-236 and 35-237 of the Code of 1933 repealed by the act of 1947, Georgia Laws, 1947, pages 1174-1177, No. 315 (Senate Bill No. 73)?

"2. If the first question is answered in the negative, does the Court of Ordinary of Baldwin County, Ga., have jurisdiction to try the question of the lunacy of a person...

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