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O.C.G.A. § 5-4-19 (2019)

Operation of writ of certiorari as supersedeas in civil cases

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The writ of certiorari, when granted in civil cases, shall operate as a supersedeas of the judgment until the final hearing in the superior court.

History

(Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 529; Code 1863, § 3968; Code 1868, § 3988; Code 1873, § 4060; Code 1882, § 4060; Civil Code 1895, § 4645; Civil Code 1910, § 5191; Code 1933, § 19-213.)

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

This section is a codification of common law. Dixon v. Sable, 147 Ga. 623, 95 S.E. 240 (1918).

Mere intention to apply for writ does not operate as a supersedeas. Seamans v. King, 79 Ga. 611, 5 S.E. 53 (1887).

There is no supersedeas prior to sanction of petition in absence of special order. Seamans v. King, 79 Ga. 611, 5 S.E. 53 (1887).

Certiorari stops case at stage where the case is when certiorari is served on magistrate; certiorari does not move case backwards. Taylor v. Gay, 20 Ga. 77 (1856); Board of Comm'rs v. Wimberly, 55 Ga. 570 (1876); Johns v. McBride, 28 Ga. App. 686, 112 S.E. 831 (1922).

If on hearing in superior court writ is denied, supersedeas ends and inferior court may proceed. Loeb v. Mangum, 134 Ga. 335, 67 S.E. 882 (1910); Equitable Life Assurance Soc'y v. Culp, 159 Ga. 874, 127 S.E. 225 (1925).

In bailable criminal cases, supersedeas stays execution of sentence, but does not discharge prisoner from confinement. Dixon v. State, 121 Ga. 346, 49 S.E. 311 (1904).

Cited in Waller v. Hogan, 92 Ga. 528, 17 S.E. 919 (1893); Gurr v. Gurr, 95 Ga. 559, 22 S.E. 304 (1895); King v. Haley, 146 Ga. 85, 90 S.E. 715 (1916); Hargett v. City of Columbus, 36 Ga. App. 628, 137 S.E. 911 (1927); Owens v. Watkins, 189 Ga. 311, 5 S.E.2d 905 (1939); McCants v. Underwood, 70 Ga. App. 641, 29 S.E.2d 287 (1944); 106 Forsyth Corp. v. Bishop, 362 F. Supp. 1389 (M.D. Ga. 1972).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 14 Am. Jur. 2d, Certiorari, § 77.

C.J.S. - 14 C.J.S., Certiorari, § 59 et seq.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2021 · leading case: Abushmais v. Erby, 652 S.E.2d 549 (Ga. 2007).
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Abushmais v. Erby, 652 S.E.2d 549 (Ga. 2007). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 5-4-19. Accordingly, Erby’s filing of a notice of appeal did not divest the magistrate court of its authority over the underlying dispossessory action.”
1290 Clothing Co, LLC v. Cobb Cnty., No. 1:20-cv-04811 (N.D. Ga. May 28, 2021). · cites it 2× “O.C.G.A. § 5-4-19 states that “[t]he writ of certiorari, when granted in civil cases, shall operate as a supersedeas of the judgment until the final hearing in the superior court.”
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