Legal Opinion
Lankford v. Holton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 11, 1943No. 14611PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
All questions between parties once and finally settled by a solemn decree must be considered as an end to the litigation. They cannot be relitigated in other actions, directly or indirectly.
No. 14611. SEPTEMBER 11, 1943. REHEARING DENIED OCTOBER 8, 1943.
After this court's decision in the case of Lankford et al. v. Holton et al., decided January 13, 1943, 195 Ga. 317 (24 S.E.2d 292), and a rehearing having thereafter been denied, when the remittitur from the Supreme Court reached the clerk of the trial court the plaintiffs in error filed a petition in equity against the defendants in error.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Thornton v. LaneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Reynolds & Hamby Estate Mortgage Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Lankford v. HoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Isaacs v. TinleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- Young v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Piedmont Cotton Mills, Inc. v. WoelperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Shaw v. MillerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Georgia Farm Buildings, Inc. v. WillardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Bowman v. BowmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
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