15-1-7. Grounds for impeachment.

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It shall be unlawful for any Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of the Court of Appeals, or judge of the superior courts to receive for himself or any member of his family, either directly or indirectly, any favor from any railroad company or any free railroad pass or any like favor not enjoyed by the general public from any telephone, telegraph, or express company or like quasi-public corporation. Any violation of this Code section shall be a ground for impeachment.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1904, p. 72, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 324; Code 1933, § 24-103.

Cross references

Impeachment, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VII.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Judicial Retirement, Discipline and Removal,’’ see 3 Ga. St. B. J. 197 (1966). For article discussing the inefficiency of mandamus and impeachment as remedies for judicial inaction, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 467 (1969).

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