Legal Opinion
Adler v. Leopold Adler Company
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1949No. 16651PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Justice.
In the present case the plaintiff relies upon the Code, § 37-206, as follows: “In all cases of a mistake of fact material to the contract or other matter affected by it, if the party complaining applies within a reasonable time, equity will relieve.”
The plaintiff’s right to recover cannot be measured by one equitable statute or section of the Code, since such statute must be construed with reference to other equitable principles of which it forms a part. Barron v. Terrell, 124 Ga. 1077, 1078 (53 S. E. 181); Cook v. Wier, 185 Ga. 418, 421 (195 S. E. 740). But if the rule were…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Browning v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. GortatowskySupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Keith v. BrewsterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Barron v. TerrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- DuBignon v. Mayor of BrunswickSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. FolsomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Dixie Belle Mills, Inc. v. Specialty MacHine Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1961
- DeLong v. CobbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
- Peerless Casualty Company v. Housing Authority of the City of Hazelhurst, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Robertson v. PanlosSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
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