O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 15-1-7 (2019)

Grounds for impeachment

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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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.

History

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

Annotations

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, § 16 et seq. 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.