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· 2/22/2000

McFarland & Associates, P.C. v. Hewatt

Citations

  • 529 S.E.2d 902
  • 242 Ga. App. 454
  • 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 1153
  • 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 236

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • there is no authority for the clerk to waive the county’s right to filing fees except upon a proper showing of indigence
  • “In its ordinary signification, ‘shall’ is a word of command, and the context ought to be very strongly persuasive before that word is softened into a mere permission.”

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Judges: Miller, Pope, Smith

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