Walker v. Stephens

How courts have described this case

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

• appointment of county attorney and his right to salary rest on law, not on contract
• appointment of county attorney and his right to salary rest on law, not on contract
• where the relation between a county and an attorney does not rest upon contract, but arises from the appointment of the attorney as a public officer, the transaction does not fall under OCGA § 36-10-1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Board of Education v. Southern Michigan National Bank
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1937-05-15· cited 16×
• Croy v. Whitfield County
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-06-19· cited 12×
• Stelling v. Richmond County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-05-09· cited 9×
• Cherokee County v. Hause
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-11-05· cited 7×
• McGinty v. Pickering
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1935-03-02· cited 7×
• In Re Otuonye
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-05-18· cited 4×
• Polk County v. Anderson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-10-24· cited 2×
• Citizens Bank v. Newton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1935-08-08· cited 2×
• Attorney General Opinion No.
  Kansas Attorney General Reports· 1993-01-19

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Butts County v. Jackson Banking Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1908-01-30· cited 87×
• Commissioners of Habersham County v. Porter Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-03-22· cited 35×
• Dyer v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1909-04-16· cited 34×
• Templeman v. Jeffries
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1931-06-12· cited 32×
• Winer v. Flournoy Realty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-05-14· cited 29×
• Decatur County v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1925-01-14· cited 25×
• Devaughn v. Booten
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1917-05-18· cited 14×
• Butts County v. Jackson Banking Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-08-19· cited 12×
• Commissioners of Decatur County v. Curry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1922-10-10· cited 10×
• Maddox v. Anchor Duck Mills
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1929-01-19· cited 10×
• Van Valkenburg v. Stone
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1931-04-20· cited 10×
• Richardson v. DuPree
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1924-03-06· cited 7×
• Cloud v. County of Taliaferro
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1912-05-17· cited 6×
• Pope v. Harper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1929-11-15· cited 4×