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- Licensing of aliens as physicians, osteopaths, and other medical professionals, §§ 43-34-28,43-34-30.
Restrictions on hiring of aliens by state government or political subdivisions thereof, § 45-2-7.
- For article discussing inheritance by aliens, see 10 Ga. L. Rev. 447 (1976). For article discussing legal aspects of investments and trade in Georgia by foreign business enterprises, see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 629 (1976).
O.C.G.A. § 1-2-11 applies to citizens of foreign countries who are residing within the United States but does not extend to nonresident aliens. AT&T Corp. v. Sigala, 274 Ga. 137, 549 S.E.2d 373 (2001).
O.C.G.A. §§ 1-2-10 and1-2-11, regarding the rights of citizens of other nations to sue in Georgia, apply to citizens of foreign countries who are residing within the United States and do not extend to nonresident aliens; a decision adopting the doctrine of forum non conveniens was not decided on the basis of those statutes or the rights and privileges those statutes concern. Gonzalez v. DOT, 279 Ga. 230, 610 S.E.2d 527 (2005).
- If a wife was an alien enemy, and as such could not be a beneficiary under a will, then the nomination of her as a beneficiary would have amounted to no more than the creation of a void legacy. In such a case, the effect of the invalidity of the legacy is to render the legacy void, but not to invalidate the entire will, and it is no ground of caveat to the probate of a will that a devise to a particular person may be void. Shaw v. Fehn, 196 Ga. 661, 27 S.E.2d 406 (1943).
Cited in Fehn v. Shaw, 201 Ga. 517, 40 S.E.2d 547 (1946); Cheeley v. Fujino, 131 Ga. App. 41, 205 S.E.2d 83 (1974).
- With certain minor exceptions, Philippine citizens are permitted under Georgia law to exploit natural resources and operate public utilities on the same basis as American citizens, corporations, or associations. 1967 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 67-245.
- 3A Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, §§ 5 et seq., 402 et seq., 681 et seq., 769 et seq., 1099. 3B Am. Jur. 2d, Aliens and Citizens, §§ 1206 et seq., 2528 et seq.
- 3 C.J.S., Aliens, §§ 2, 3, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25.
- Dower of alien widow in estate of deceased husband, 110 A.L.R. 520.
Right of alien enemy to take by inheritance or by will, 137 A.L.R. 1328; 147 A.L.R. 1297; 150 A.L.R. 1418; 152 A.L.R. 1450.
Constitutionality, construction, and application of provision of state statute that makes right of alien to succeed to property of deceased person dependent upon a reciprocal right in United States citizens, 170 A.L.R. 966.
State regulation of land ownership by alien corporation, 21 A.L.R.4th 1329.
Validity of state statutes restricting the right of aliens to bear arms, 28 A.L.R.4th 1096.
Total Results: 3
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2005-03-14
Citation: 610 S.E.2d 527, 279 Ga. 230, 2005 Fulton County D. Rep. 750, 2005 Ga. LEXIS 167
Snippet: discussing a contention that OCGA §§ 1-2-10 and 1-2-11 gave the plaintiffs a fully equal right of access
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2001-07-16
Citation: 549 S.E.2d 373, 274 Ga. 137, 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2217, 2001 Ga. LEXIS 579
Snippet: to citizens, we conclude that OCGA §§ 1-2-10 and 1-2-11 apply to citizens of foreign countries who are
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1944-02-08
Citation: 30 S.E.2d 909, 198 Ga. 162
Snippet: by this court. Hillsman v. Harris, 84 Ga. 432 (1, 2) (11 S.E. 400); Hudson v. Sullivan, 93 Ga. 631 (20