Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State

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• “We must seek to effectuate the intent of the legislature and to . . . avoid [statutory] constructions that make some language mere surplusage . . . , because it is not presumed that the legislature intended to enact meaningless language.”

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Atlanta Government v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-10-21· cited 32×
• J. Kinson Cook, Inc. v. Weaver
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-26· cited 17×
• Joe Ray Bonding Co., Inc. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29· cited 15×
• State v. Free at Last Bail Bonds
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-06-07· cited 13×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-17· cited 7×
• Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. v. Fayette County Board of Tax Assessors
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-10-27· cited 5×
• Stubbs v. Bank of America
  N.D. Georgia· 2012-02-16· cited 5×
• Elrod v. Cowart
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gilbert v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-11-21· cited 428×
• North Fulton Community Hospital, Inc. v. State Health Planning & Development Agency
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-11-09· cited 24×
• Moritz v. Orkin Exterminating Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-10-07· cited 11×
• NORTHEAST ATL. SURETY CO. v. State of Ga.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-10-26· cited 8×
• Huddleston Concrete Co. v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-24· cited 8×
• JAM BONDING COMPANY v. State of Georgia
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-04-23· cited 5×
• Garel v. Georgia Insurers' Insolvency Pool
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-05-16· cited 4×
• Collins v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-29· cited 4×
• Stitt v. Busbee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-10-06· cited 4×

Other cases named Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 1×
• Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-09-04· cited 1×
• Osborne Bonding & Surety Co. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-02