Legal Opinion
Greenfield v. CHRONICLE PRINTING COMPANY
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 4, 1963No. 39955PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Russell, Judge.
1. Where the law of a sister state is not pleaded, this court will presume that the law of such state is the common law, as interpreted by the decisions of the courts of this state. Slaton v. Hall, 168 Ga. 710 (1) (148 SE 741, 73 MLR 891); Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital v. Nisbet, 189 Ga. 807 (1) (7 SE2d 737).
2. While every presumption is indulged in favor of the validity of a foreign judgment under the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constitution (Code § 1-401), the rule has no application where the foreign judgment shows on its face that there was no…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Slaton v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Trustees of Jesse Parker Williams Hospital v. NisbetSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Pink v. A. A. A. Highway Express Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Allied Finance Co. v. ProsserCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Information Buying Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Brown Stove Works, Inc. v. KimseyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Record Truck Line, Inc. v. HarrisonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Capital Bank of Miami, N. A. v. LevyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
- Maxwell v. Columbia Realty VentureCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Foster v. LankfordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
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