Legal Opinion
I. Perlis & Sons v. National Surety Corp.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 25, 1963No. 21934PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Duckworth, Chief Justice.
All suits in equity shall be filed in the county of the residence of one of the defendants against whom substantial equitable relief is prayed. Code Ann. § 2-4903 (Const. of 1945; Ga. L. 1945); Code § 3-202. This law has been uniformly construed to mean that in order to join a nonresident in such a suit, substantial equitable relief must be common to him and the resident defendant. This means that regardless of substantial relief sought against the resident defendant and other substantial equitable relief sought against the nonresident, the nonresident can not be…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fowler v. Southern Airlines Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Persons v. DallasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Grace v. Interstate Bond Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Sayer v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Empire Land Co., Inc. v. StokesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1956
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Bloodworth v. BloodworthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Culwell v. Lomas & Nettleton Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- Undercofler v. Seaboard Air Line RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential & General Contractors v. AllenSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
- Madray v. OgdenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
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