The clerks of the superior courts are prohibited from practicing law in their own or another's name, as a partner or otherwise, in any court except in their own case.
(Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 574; Code 1863, § 250; Code 1868, § 244; Ga. L. 1871-72, p. 23, § 1; Code 1873, § 256; Code 1882, § 256; Civil Code 1895, § 4348; Civil Code 1910, § 4879; Code 1933, § 24-2702.)
Cross references.- Regulation of practice of law generally, § 15-19-50 et seq.
Law reviews.- For article surveying legislative and judicial developments in Georgia local government law for 1978-79, see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 155 (1979).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
This section does not apply to county court clerks. Blount v. Wells, 55 Ga. 282 (1875).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Clerks of Court, § 20 et seq.