Case Name: BOWERS v. FULTON COUNTY
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1969-11-17
Citations: 225 Ga. 745
Docket Number: 25380
Parties: BOWERS v. FULTON COUNTY.
Judges: Almand, C. J., Mobley, P. J., Frankum and Felton, JJ., concur. TJndercofler, J., and Judge T. 0. Marshall dissent. Nichols, J., disqualified.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 745–746

Head Matter:
25380.
BOWERS v. FULTON COUNTY.
Argued September 10, 1969
Decided November 17, 1969.
Houston White, Sr., Ralph H. Carlisle, for appellant.
Paul H. Anderson, Harold Sheats, George Gillon, for appellee.
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Richard L. Chambers, Assistant Attorney General, E. J. Summerour, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, King •& Spalding, R. Byron Attridge, 'Charles M. Kidd, Jack H. Watson, Jr., for parties at interest not parties to record.

Opinion:
Grice, Justice.
This appeal from the second trial of a condemnation proceeding was brought to this court on the theory that construction of a provision of the Georgia Constitution has been invoked. However, we take the view that application, rather than construction, is involved. The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to apply the constitutional provision to the facts here. See in this connection, Gulf Paving Co. v. City of Atlanta, 149 Ga. 114 (99 SE 374); Sutiles v. Hill Crest Cemetery, 209 Ga. 160 (71 SE2d 217). Since there is no basis for this court's jurisdiction, the case must be
Transferred to the Court of Appeals.
Almand, C. J., Mobley, P. J., Frankum and Felton, JJ., concur. TJndercofler, J., and Judge T. 0. Marshall dissent. Nichols, J., disqualified.