IN RE MAGISTRATE COURT OF BALDWIN COUNTY


262 Ga. 334 (1992)

418 S.E.2d 42

IN RE MAGISTRATE COURT OF BALDWIN COUNTY. No. S92A0504.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Groover & Childs, Denmark Groover, Jr., for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Stephanie B. Manis, Deputy Attorney General, Waddell, Emerson, George & Buice, David W. Waddell, Hulane E. George, Walbert & Hermann, David F. Walbert, for appellee.


WELTNER, Chief Justice.

In a quo warranto proceeding to determine the propriety of the selection and service of the magistrates of Baldwin County pursuant to local and general legislation, the trial court held that the provisions of OCGA § 15-10-20 allowing the general law to be varied by local law violated the uniformity provisions of Art. VI, Sec. I, Par. V of the Constitution of Georgia of 1983, as well as the local laws themselves.

1. (a) Art. VI...

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