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The Harris County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Hamilton, Georgia. Built in 1908, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford. He is noted for his designs of courthouses and other buildings found in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Harris County's was the second courthouse he had ever designed ...
Harris County was created on December 14, 1827, and named for Charles Harris, a Georgia judge and attorney. [3] Harris County is part of the Columbus, GA-AL metropolitan area and has become a popular suburban and exurban destination of residence for families relocating from Columbus. Because of this, Harris has become the sixth-wealthiest ...
County seat moved to Milledgeville in 1807. County courts held in the state capitol until 1808. 1814: Milledgeville: 1847: Milledgeville: Destroyed by fire on 24 February 1861. [15] County court held in various locations afterwards. 1887: Milledgeville: Baldwin County Courthouse: Remodeled in 1937 and 1965. Still in existence.
There is also a business court in the Fulton County (Atlanta) Superior Court, the Metro Atlanta Business Case Division. [2] [3] This business court track was originally created in 2005 by the judges of the Fulton County Superior Court as approved by Georgia's Supreme Court, via Judicial Circuit Rule 1004.
Harris County Courthouse may refer to: Harris County Courthouse (Georgia), Hamilton, Georgia; Harris County Civil Courthouse, Houston, Texas;
The Supreme Court of Georgia is located at the Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta. The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Georgia. The court was established in 1845 as a three-member panel, increased in number to six, then to seven in 1945, and finally to nine in 2017. [1]
The United States District Court for the District of Georgia was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [2] The District was subdivided into Northern and Southern Districts on August 11, 1848, by 9 Stat. 280 .
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...