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2018 Georgia Code 15-1-7 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 15-1-7 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 15-1-7

TITLE 15 COURTS

Section 1. General Provisions, 15-1-1 through 15-1-22.

15-1-7. Grounds for impeachment.

It shall be unlawful for any Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, or judge of the superior courts to receive for himself or any member of his family, either directly or indirectly, any favor from any railroad company or any free railroad pass or any like favor not enjoyed by the general public from any telephone, telegraph, or express company or like quasi-public corporation. Any violation of this Code section shall be a ground for impeachment.

(Ga. L. 1904, p. 72, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 324; Code 1933, § 24-103.)

Cross references.

- Impeachment, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VII.

Law reviews.

- For article, "Judicial Retirement, Discipline and Removal," see 3 Ga. St. B. J. 197 (1966). For article discussing the inefficiency of mandamus and impeachment as remedies for judicial inaction, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 467 (1969).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 46 Am. Jur. 2d, Judges, § 19.

C.J.S.

- 48A C.J.S., Judges, § 84.

ALR.

- Carriers: free passes to public officials or employees, 8 A.L.R. 682.

Constitutionality of statute authorizing issuance of passes by carriers, 33 A.L.R. 373.

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