Legal Opinion
PARKER PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY v. Kurtz
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 14, 1969No. 24830PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nichols, Justice.
Certiorari was granted to the Court of Appeals in the present case to correct the holding that the agreement executed by the insured and set out in detail in the opinion of the Court of Appeals (Kurtz v. Parker Plumbing & Heating Co., 118 Ga. App. 130 (162 SE2d 755)), was not an assignment of the cause of action.
The agreement which embodied more than a mere assignment of the cause of action was still an assignment of such cause of action, and the assignee must bring the action in its name. See Sullivan v. Curling, 140 Ga. 96, 101 (99 SE 533, 5 ALR 124). Therefore, the Court…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Sullivan v. CurlingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
- Renfroe v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Kurtz v. PARKER PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANYCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
3Cited by26 opinions
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- Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. v. KeelinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. J. I. Case Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
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