Legal Opinion
Dorsey v. Green
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 6, 1947No. 15919, 15920, 15921PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) “A general demurrer to a petition will not be sustained if the facts entitle the plaintiff to any of the substantial relief prayed.” Arteaga v. Arteaga, 169 Ga. 671 (151 S. E. 5). “Any relation shall be deemed confidential, arising from nature or created by law, or resulting from contracts, where one party is so situated as to exercise a controlling influence over the will, conduct, and interest of another; or where, from similar relation of mutual confidence, the law requires the utmost good faith; such as partners, principal and agent,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Crawford v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Stephens v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Arteaga v. ArteagaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Elliott v. MarshallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Collier v. CollierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Funding Systems Leasing Corporation v. Garland B. Pugh, Sr., Individually and D/B/A Georgia Tractor and Equipment CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Liquidator for the Hamilton National Bank of Chattanooga v. Lattimore Land CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Bagley v. Firestone Tire & Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Ringer v. LockhartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Alonzo Wimberly Jenkins, Jr., as Executors Under the Will of Martha O. Jenkins, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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