Legal Opinion

Killian v. Cherokee County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 18, 1929No. 7174PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

It is insisted by the defendant that plaintiff was seeking and that the court granted a mandatory injunction, which can not be done by a court of equity in this State. It is undoubtedly true that a court of equity in this State can not by injunction compel a party to perform an act. It can only restrain the performance of acts in a proper case. Civil Code (1910), § 5499. So this court has held that “an interlocutory injunction which, if enforced, would result in the dispossession of the defendant and the admission of the plaintiff into the possession of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Mackenzie v. MinisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Albany Bottling Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Town of Decatur v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  4. Burns v. HaleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
  5. Weathers v. EasterlingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1922

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Cashin v. MarkwalterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
  2. Graham v. BeachamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Davis v. LoganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Floyd v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1955
  5. Griffin v. MaddoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935

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