Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Mayes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 7, 1978No. 32696PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bowles, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in this case to consider their opinion in Mayes v. Hodges, 142 Ga. App. 538 (236 SE2d 494) (1977), and to settle, if possible, one or more questions of dual agency in this state which we consider to be unclear.
Mayes brought suit in the Superior Court of Chatham County naming Preston Hodges, an agent for State Farm Fire & Casualty Company, as defendant, and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company as co-defendant. The suit, as amended, alleged in substance that Hodges was a dual agent; that plaintiff had sustained losses for which he was…
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