GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, INC. v. GEORGIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION et al., 244 Ga. 855, 262 S.E.2.d 96 (1979)

Status: ARGUED

Docket Number: 35010

Parts: PER CURIAM.

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Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia -- 149 Ga. App. 466 (254 SE2d 710) (1979)., Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur, except Nichols, C. J., Bowles and Marshall, JJ., who dissent.

Summary

Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia -- 149 Ga. App. 466 (254 SE2d 710) (1979)., Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur, except Nichols, C. J., Bowles and Marshall, JJ., who dissent.

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Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Jeffrey R. Nickerson, for appellant.

This court granted certiorari in this case, reported below at 149 Ga. App. 466 (254 SE2d 710) (1979), to determine whether Code Ann. 9-605 [1] and Superior Court Rule 39, Code Ann. 24-3339 [2] should be given a literal interpretation or whether these provisions are subject to the doctrine of estoppel. After hearing oral arguments and studying the briefs, we have determined that the doctrine of estoppel does apply and affirm the Court of Appeals. Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Assn. v. Smith, 220 Ga. 543 (4) (140 SE2d 252) (1965); Talley v. Atlanta Nat. Real Estate Trust, 146 Ga. App. 585 (5) (246 SE2d 700) (1978); Watkins Co. v. Rivers, 37 Ga. App. 559 (140 SE 770) (1927).

entering appeals, and by an entry of such matters, when permissible, on the dockets of the court; and attorneys, who are otherwise authorized by law to take affidavits and administer oaths, shall not be disqualified to take affidavits required of their clients in any matter or proceeding of any nature whatsoever."

Martin H. Rubin, Charles E. Campbell, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, L. Joseph Shaheen, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

1979

Notes:

1. "Attorneys have authority to bind their clients in any action or proceeding, by any agreement in relation to the cause, made in writing, and in signing judgments,

2. "No consent or agreement between attorneys or parties will be enforced by the court, unless it be in writing, and signed by the parties to the consent, where such consent or agreement is denied by the opposite party."