Legal Opinion
Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. v. Southern Surety Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 19, 1931No. 21415, 21444PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
It is a general rule as to contracts of all kinds that they are to be governed as to their nature, validity, and interpretation by the law of the place where they were made, unless the contracting parties clearly appear to have had some other law in view. Tillman v. Gibson, 44 Ga. App. 440 (161 S. E. 630) ; 12 C. J. 449, § 30. But the character and extent of the remedy, and the mode of procedure, including questions *519relating to tlie parties, and questions as to the capacity of a party to sue or be sued and as to who may maintain the action, and in whose name the action shall be brought, are…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Massachusetts Benefit Life Ass'n v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Tillman v. GibsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- Cox v. AdamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1847
- Lay v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- McConnell v. Frank E. Block Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Sauder v. DittmarCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. YatesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Residential Industrial Loan Company v. Fred N. Brown and Gloria Brown, Masten H. LoughmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- General Telephone Company of the Southeast v. J.B. Trimm, D/B/A Trimm Contracting CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Harmon v. WigginsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
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