Some Current Problems in Pennsylvania Law

Abstract

There was no appellate court in Georgia from 1776 to 1846; the early colonists detested courts and this antipathy was continued due to popular dissatisfaction wiih the decisions of John Marshall-particularly those which effected Georgia's right to grab Indian lands at will.During this period Georgia county judges tried to fill the need by assembling informally and reviewing their cases.At one time they even sought to invalidate a statute-an attempt which drew an immediate and violent reaction from the legislature.The condition of the law generally became so intolerable in the nineteenth century that the legislature finally authorized a Supreme Court, despite the fact that in a popular referendum an overwhelming majority of Georgia citizens still announced their disapproval of the project.Said one aged judge, after final establishment of a reviewing court: "Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have beheld the salvation of the judiciary of Georgia."