Legal Opinion
Briggs v. Briggs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 14, 1951No. 17312PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Code § 81-204 declares: “If the defendant in an equitable proceeding shall not reside in the State, service of the petition or any order of the court may be made by publication. If the nonresident defendant shall be represented in court by an attorney at law or in fact, service on such attorney shall be sufficient. In all'cases not embraced within the foregoing provisions, the judge may prescribe'extraordinary service according to the exigencies of each case.”
In the present equitable proceeding to modify a former decree, no…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Milner v. GatlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
- Coral Gables Corp. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1929
- Simpson v. BradleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. BaskinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1934
- Pendley v. TumlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Roberts v. RobertsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Williams v. VorheesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954